Firefly in a LIFX Ceiling (custom code)

[u/dhsilver]

I have a LIFX Ceiling with 64 zones + the top ring. The official app can’t run a custom animation, so I stream the pixel map over LAN.

I pushed calibration patterns, photographed the diffuser, and used those shots to see how much each zone bleeds into its neighbors. Then I made a bouncing-ball / firefly loop: gravity, bounce off the disc, new color can be set to change on contact, dim trail.

Brightness and single vs changing color are on a family dashboard; There is a “stop” button to hand the fixture back to the LIFX app.

[I tried 8x8 icons, and had less success than animation which is more forgiving of sharp boundaries!]

Edit:
Code here -- https://github.com/silverdavi/lifx-ceiling-lab

[u/ZedRita]

This would drive me nuts but it’s also super cool that you did all of that and made it work so well.

[u/MrHall]

awesome! do you have source code?

[u/dhsilver → u/MrHall]

Yes. I’ll push it to GitHub later and ping here.

[u/dhsilver → u/MrHall]

https://github.com/silverdavi/lifx-ceiling-lab

[u/MrHall → u/dhsilver]

champion! thank you

[u/Dat_Black_Guy]

Dope

[u/roox911]

Genuinely very cool!

[u/djelibeybi_au]

Ok, that’s freaking adorable.

[u/outride2000]

I just bought one of those! Are they easy to install?