2014-11-08, 08:46
Hello fellow XBMC/KODI users,
I just wanted to take a minute to share my DIY Ambilight project I completed a few weeks back. I spent several months researching ambilight systems and came across a great article by James Bruce over at MakeUseOF (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-ambilight-60/). I followed James' suggestions with the exception of cutting the LED strips and folded the corners instead, this made the project much faster and reduced the frustration most would have with the soldering of the strips. Trust me soldering WS2812 LED strips is not easy. After a few weeks waiting on the parts and a day of installation and setup, its complete and we love it. And yes, I built the whole thing for under $60. Look at the comments at the bottom of his article and you will see where I posted links to buy the parts cheap. I placed the Arduino UNO and the 5v power suppy in an old wooden cigar box I had and it looks pretty good sitting on the shelf under my TV.
I'm starting on the next phase of my lighting, it's a WS2812 LED strip wrapped around the light fixture in the ceiling and is an extension of the strip
on the back of my TV. This will add additional ambience to the room. I'll follow up on that once I have it worked out.
I would love to hear from others that have done this or anything like it.
Don Hatcher
[email protected]
I just wanted to take a minute to share my DIY Ambilight project I completed a few weeks back. I spent several months researching ambilight systems and came across a great article by James Bruce over at MakeUseOF (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-ambilight-60/). I followed James' suggestions with the exception of cutting the LED strips and folded the corners instead, this made the project much faster and reduced the frustration most would have with the soldering of the strips. Trust me soldering WS2812 LED strips is not easy. After a few weeks waiting on the parts and a day of installation and setup, its complete and we love it. And yes, I built the whole thing for under $60. Look at the comments at the bottom of his article and you will see where I posted links to buy the parts cheap. I placed the Arduino UNO and the 5v power suppy in an old wooden cigar box I had and it looks pretty good sitting on the shelf under my TV.
I'm starting on the next phase of my lighting, it's a WS2812 LED strip wrapped around the light fixture in the ceiling and is an extension of the strip
on the back of my TV. This will add additional ambience to the room. I'll follow up on that once I have it worked out.
I would love to hear from others that have done this or anything like it.
Don Hatcher
[email protected]
