Arduino Boblight

Arduino Boblight is an ambient light-solution for MediaPCs based on an Arduino Uno with a custom shield and the interface to the Boblight-daemon, which is the source of the desired colors.

Arduino Shield

We've created a Shield for the Arduino Uno, which features some drivers for LEDs and 4 Channels (each with 3 LEDs - RGB) to connect our LED-Stripes to. You can find an EAGLE - diagram to build your own shield.

Boblight

First of all, this project requires Boblight. So - unfortunately - it's neither working with regular receivers nor with vhs-player, consoles or any other video-device that does not support Boblight.

Here's what you need to run Arduino Boblight with XBMC on an Ubuntu-PC:

1. XBMC
2. Boblight
3. XBMC Boblight

That's it. Now, all you have to do is:

• Build your Shield
• Connect your LED-Strips
• Setup your Boblight-Config (see Example)
• Setup your XBMC Boblight
• Have fun

LED-Strips:

We used LED-Strips with [+5V,R,G,B] and connected them according to the diagram.

If you have any other LED-Stips (like [+5V,Gnd,Gnd,Data In]), this project will not work.

Used Arduino-Ports

• Channel 1
  • Port 2
  • Port 3
  • Port 4
• Channel 2
  • Port 5
  • Port 6
  • Port 7
• Channel 3
  • Port 8
  • Port 9
  • Port 10
• Channel 4
  • Port 11
  • Port 12
  • Port 13

EAGLE

You need the Arduino EAGLE - Files to be able to open the diagram.

Requirements

Arduino

SoftPWM

Software

XBMC
Boblight
XBMC Boblight

License

The MIT License (MIT)