Home theathere with modified XBMC running AmbiPi, Raspberry Pi with custom PixelPi showing Avatar fire scene.

How to build the frame, LED setup and project updates:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

The ceiling light and computer screens are linked to radio frequency receivers that are controlled via Telldus API. Plugin and video linked below:

Y-Ccsy...

http://www.googleandroid.se/xbmc/tell...

AmbiPi consists of a custom XBMC with modifications to capture the screen and send a data stream to a Raspberry Pi running a modified version of PixelPi to drive 104 WS2801 RGB LEDs via the Raspberry Pi's SPI bus.

Project built by @ogglas and @mnorthfield with the original code from @dominicclifton.

How to install:

Install Occidentalis v0.2 to your Raspberry Pi. Instructions and download below.

http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ra...

After installation run the following commands via SSH:

sudo apt-get install python-cwiid

sudo aptitude install python-imaging-tk

git clone git://github.com/hydra/PixelPi.git

cd PixelPi

git checkout ambipi

sudo python pixelpi.py ambipi --chip WS2801 --udp-ip YourIP --udp-port 20434 --num_leds 104

Install the custom XBMC client. Download below.

http://hydraservices.com/files/ambipi/

Enable AmbiPi:
Options menu - System - Input Devices - Peripherals - AmbiPi

If you already have XBMC installed and encounter problems remove the following files:

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\XBMC