DIY Ambient Lighting

kdar Wrote:Does anyone have DIY Ambient Lighting set for a larger tv? I am planning to update my tv to a Sharp 70" model and planning to try to put together a DIY Ambient light.

How many channels would I need for this?

i´d use two or three tlc5940s, would give you 32/48 channels (= 10 / 16 different zones)
http://www.instructables.com/id/30-chann...ght-Clone/

So....
re-reading the thread I'd like to see if I have a handle on what I'll be needing.

What I've seen are solutions like the Adalite strings of LED's that can be connected to an Arduino controller in different zones.

Would i be correct in saying that LED strips like these:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10312

Using these connected to a proper arduino controller and perhaps configuring it properly, each LED is a seperate zone/controlled LED, therefore getting rid of the need to have seperate strips of LED's?

I'm really thankful for anyone that can help take the time to instruct a noob like myself in the most efficient way of accomplishing this with my new HTPC.

D A N N Y

I have an Amblone system (4 RGB Strips + Arduino Mega + Amblone software) and I'm having "tearing" problems playing video when Amblone is running. It seems to be because of Windowed Mode, especially if I disable Aero. But now, with the release of DFAtmo, I can use Amblone at full screen and avoid tearing. Great addon: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=110939

Does any of these ambient light systems support OSX with XBMC?


Any idea how to get two sources to work with ambilight system?
I do have enigma2 based STB and XBMC and i'd like to use both of them with
same system, will it be just mechanical switch for the USB-connection?

I've installed a Adalight kit yesterday and it works fine with Boblight and its XBMC addon. There is just one problem : the Arduino doesn't stop when I go into sleep mode and I still have my background lights. Is there any way to stop a specific USB port when going into sleep mode ?

(2012-04-29 16:03)zglurb Wrote:  I've installed a Adalight kit yesterday and it works fine with Boblight and its XBMC addon. There is just one problem : the Arduino doesn't stop when I go into sleep mode and I still have my background lights. Is there any way to stop a specific USB port when going into sleep mode ?

Was thinking about the same thing. I always have my HTPC turned on and only turn off the TV at night. Don't want the lights turned on when the TV is off. Is there some way to make that happen? Maybe a external script checking the powerstate of the TV or something?

Another question, what kind of power is required for 100 leds? The specs says 0.3W/pcs from aliexpress, so is a adapter with 30W output enough?

(2012-04-29 16:03)zglurb Wrote:  I've installed a Adalight kit yesterday and it works fine with Boblight and its XBMC addon. There is just one problem : the Arduino doesn't stop when I go into sleep mode and I still have my background lights. Is there any way to stop a specific USB port when going into sleep mode ?

Hello there,

I also have an Adalight by myself and I'm interested in your configuration. At the moment, I'm running the boblight daemon on my VU+ UNO and it works perfectly with my XBMC. My problem is, that the colors don't match and I don't know, how to improve them. Same thing with boblight for Windows.

The white color is more like a blue and red is more like a hot-pink.

I'm running Adalight with an Arduino UNO and a 50 leds string. The main colors in the boblight are configured with the default values:

[color]
name red
rgb FF0000
[color]
name green
rgb 00FF00
[color]
name blue
rgb 0000FF

I want to have boblight as accurate as in this video, where I used Lightpack.

. Bad thing is, that Lightpack won't work with true fullscreen option on and if that is switched off,

Only Windows users.
The best for Windows.
Supported devices:
1. Lightpack
2. Paintpack 2.0
3. Paintpack DMX
4. Adalight
Server IR 2.0.9 Ambilight Edition, all the details HERE