showambi

Inspiration

A random thought

What it does

• Mic picks up sound from surrounding - Uses Shazam API and gets the sound name and genre
• Outputs the songs name and genre on Raspberry Pi
• Phillips Hue sets color based on the genre
• Phillips Hue adjusts intensity based on the sounds from surroundings ## How we built it Node.js for backend. HTML & CSS with JS for frontend, running on a Raspberry Pi.

Bash scripts & Python for getting information from the Mic

Ethernet Bridge between Laptop and Phillips Hue Bridge using a Mobile Hotspot (Vodaphone Ftw). Zigbee used to communicate from the Hue Bridge to the Phillips Hue Light Bulb

API's used

Shazam API - used to recognize a song (artist, songname & genre) from the mic
LastFM API - generating a list of genres, used in a MYSQL database on the Raspberry Pi (table values were {genre, red, green blue})

Challenges we ran into

• No Hardware :(
• Getting a network connection for the Phillips Hue
• One of us overslept (Lol)
• Planning how to get it done
• Forgot the password to the MYSQL database on the Raspberry Pi
• amoung other various bugs :) ## Accomplishments that we're proud of
• A working demo
• Good teamwork
• Happy that everything fitted together
• Managed to fit our skill sets together (somehow :P) ## What we learned Javascript is a mess and always will be. How to use Bash, electronics. Importance of APIs and how majorly important software architecture. ## What's next for showambi Considering sound effects as well (from a movie on a TV, from the environment...etc) and influencing the lights based on those new factors.

Built With

• ajax
• bash
• css3
• html5
• jquery
• mysql
• node.js
• philips-hue
• putty
• python
• raspberry-pi