The CuVoodoo ScreenLight mimics the Philips ambient lighting.

===== details =====

The technical details are available on [[https://git.cuvoodoo.info/kingkevin/screenlight/|git]].
The README really explains it all.
No need to copy it here again.

An explanation and demonstration is provided in [[https://www.cuvoodoo.info/?podcast=cuvoodoo-012-to-the-edge-of-the-horizon-and-beyond|this episode]].

===== picutres =====

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===== links =====

software:
  * [[https://code.google.com/p/boblight/|boblight]], my choice to send color data based on what is displayed. It's **pretty good**, and has even an [[http://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:XBMC_Boblight|XBMC/Kodi plugin]]
  * [[https://ca.rstenpresser.de/index.php/control-software.html|list of software]] to send colour data based on what is displayed, and [[https://ca.rstenpresser.de/index.php/control-software.html|hardware compatibility table]]
  * the original [[http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-Light|AtmoLight]] [[http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin|plugin]]
  * [[https://github.com/durchflieger/dfatmo|DFAtmo]], another nice AtmoLight controlling software
  * WS2812b LED libraries: [[http://fastled.io/|FastLED]], [[https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel|NeoPixel]], minimal [[https://github.com/harrybraviner/WS2812B_control|WS2812B_control]]

similar projects:
  * pretty much the same as I did and **well documented** (sadly I only found it after I finished): [[http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/xbmc/xbmc-boblight-openelec-ws2811-ws2812/|boblight+arduino+ws2812b]]
  * combining [[http://lightpack.tv/|lightpack]] hardware with [[https://code.google.com/p/boblight/|boblight]] software (on openELEC/XBMC): [[http://ericsembrat.com/2014/01/23/lightpack-and-openelec-xbmc/|link]]
  * [[http://www.sedu-board.de/sedu-ambilight/howto-seduboard-einstellen/|configure]] the [[http://www.sedu-board.de/ubersicht-sedu-board/|SEDU-Board]] and [[http://www.sedu-board.de/sedu-ambilight/sedu-ambilight-linux-boblight/|configure]] [[https://code.google.com/p/boblight/|boblight]]
  * [[http://www.livelightproject.com/|LiveLight]]: AmbiLight using RGB LEDs
  * [[http://www.keiang.de/Content-pid-32.html|SCIMO]]: nice [[http://www.keiang.de/Content-pid-51.html|hardware]] which even parses the video signal by itself
  * generic [[http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-ambilight-60/|Arduino+ws2812b AmbiLight]], using [[http://fastled.io/|FastLED]] and [[https://processing.org/|Processing]]