We quite like the smart lights we made ourselves but if you want to do some serious christmas tree hacking we suggest taking a look at this amazing project on instructables.
Program christmas lights with raspberry pi.
Since the board is pre assembled this project doesn t require any soldering.
Raspberry pi christmas tree light show advanced tree lights.
This project involves using a raspberry pi to drive 8 ac outlets which are connected to christmas tree light sets.
The raspberry pi is a small linux based computer that you can use to run your christmas lights display with a program called falcon player or fpp for short.
The ac lights are simple one color strands of lights but to give a more dynamic range to the light show there is also a 25 programmable rgb led star.
For most of december i left my raspberry pi connected to my christmas tree.
Added initial support for controlling individually controllable rgb led lights thanks to tom enos ken b and chris usey.
If you re like me you re not an engineer and the thought of delving into yet another computer program with vague instructions might make you feel sick.
Andrew oakley has kept his raspberry pi christmas lighting setup compact.
One led matrix displayed in a window.
You ll be able to control the lights with a simple python program which is easily modifiable for different patterns or triggers.
Version 1 3 release notes.
This project involves using a raspberry pi to drive 8 ac outlets which are connected to christmas tree light sets.
David stevens made it so changes to the christmas tree in the game alter the lights outside.
In this tutorial i will show you how to control five sets of christmas lights with a raspberry pi and the piface i o expansion board.
The ac lights are simple one color strands of lights but to give a more dynamic range to the light show there is also a 25 programmable rgb led star.
The final result was simply one of the most satisfyingly geeky things i have ever done.
Once i tested the connection with the board it was time for me hook up the christmas lights i was going to put on my christmas tree.
The documentation is a bit light still on this new functionality but feel free to come to the community page and talk to other early adopters if you d like to try it out.
