{"id":15960,"date":"2016-12-01T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15960"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:30:20","slug":"the-internet-of-things-just-got-stranger-with-this-raspberry-pi-alphabet-lighting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15960","title":{"rendered":"The Internet of Things just got stranger with this Raspberry Pi alphabet lighting system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/24ways.org\/2016\/internet-of-stranger-things\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15961\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=560%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"lightsonthewall\" width=\"560\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=768%2C504&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=1024%2C672&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=560%2C368&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=260%2C171&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?resize=160%2C105&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lightsonthewall.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seb.ly\/\">Seb Lee-Delisle<\/a>\u00a0is a digital artist who decided to bring some Internet of Things magic to his Christmas decorations. He&#8217;s taken a Raspberry Pi and some addressable fairy lights and rigged up an alphabet display on his wall (see below for a demo).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/193690168\" width=\"640\" height=\"229\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou login to the web interface (see the top of this blog post) and then click on the letters shown to activate the real-life lights in his home. It&#8217;s very neat and he&#8217;s written the whole thing up as a tutorial so if you want to have your own wall of letter lights, you can! <a href=\"https:\/\/24ways.org\/2016\/internet-of-stranger-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go here to read the tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seb Lee-Delisle\u00a0is a digital artist who decided to bring some Internet of Things magic to his Christmas decorations. 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