Listening to music can be interesting, but wouldn’t it be even better if you could have a light show to go along with your favorite song? The answer is, as you know, “Of course!” Creator Matt Kachur built a controller to do just that, and he’s now making the resulting device available to the public as a Kickstarter campaign.
The ViVi features lighting outputs to coordinate with bass, mid and treble sound frequencies, and has an input for a standard 3.5mm audio input. The controller drives WS2812B programmable LED lights, and everything can reportedly be set up in less than 30 seconds! As the “pure” DIY solution would take many hours to perfect, this could be a huge time savings.
At the heart of this controller is a custom PCB featuring an Arduino Nano soldered into place. Though he plans to replace this with a custom circuit using an ATmega328P chip if demand increases, one has to think that having the Nano built-in would make this a very hackable gadget. Besides the official Kickstarter video, you can see these lights in action below, first in what appears to be a test rig, and second in its “natural environment.”
For another Atmel-based audio device featuring cool lighting, why not check out the GRIDI sequencer?