McLighting/README.md

# McLighting - The ESP8266 based multi-client lighting gadget

> Mc Lighting (the multi-client lighting gadget) is a very cheap internet-controllable lighting solution based on the famous ESP8266 microcontroller and WS2811/2812 led strips. It features a self-hosted responsive web-interface, a REST-API and a websocket connector.

> Because of it's open architecture and APIs it's easy to build new clients for different platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Universal Apps, Siri/Cortana integration, ...). 


[![Demo video WebClient](https://j.gifs.com/kRPrzN.gif)](https://youtu.be/rc6QVHKAXBs)

## The Hardware

The project ist based on the famous ESP8266 microcontroller and WD2811/WS2812 LED strips. There are many variations of the ESP chip out there, but I chose the NodeMCU dev board, because it's powered by micro USB and has a voltage converter included to power the ESP which uses 3.3V.
A standalone ESP8266 or a Adafruit Huzzah should work too.

The RGB LED strips are also available in many different flavours as strip or as standalone LEDs and can easily be chained.

See wiki [Hardware](wiki/Hardware)


## Software installation
See wiki [Software installation](wiki/Software-installation)

### Used Libraries
This project uses libraries and code by different authors:
- WiFiManager by @tzapu (tested with version 0.11.0)
  https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager
- WebSockets by @Links2004 (tested with version 2.0.2)
  https://github.com/Links2004/arduinoWebSockets
- Adafruit NeoPixel by @adafruit (tested with 1.0.5)
  https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel
  
The sketch also uses the following built-in library:
- Ticker by @igrr

Parts of the code were taken or inspired by the following sources:
- HSB3RGB conversion
  https://blog.adafruit.com/2012/03/14/constant-brightness-hsb-to-rgb-algorithm/
- TV simulator logic inspired by @BulldogLowell
  https://github.com/BulldogLowell/PhoneyTV
- SPIFS Webserver by Hristo Gochkov
  https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/examples/FSBrowser

Thank you to all the authors for distributing their software that way.
I hope I didn't miss any sources and mentioned every author. In case I forgot someone please let me know and I will fix it.


## Todos
- [x] Fix issue with websockets connection problems
- [ ] Add support for 433MHz wireless socket using the [RC switch](https://github.com/sui77/rc-switch) library.
- [ ] Switch to the [NeoPixelBus library](https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus/wiki)
- [ ] Use the led strip for status information in connection phase
- [ ] Enhance the documentation
- [ ] Stability improvements
- [ ] Additional clients

## Licence
[GNU LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt)


*More information will be added as soon as I clean up the code and complete documentation.*
Updated readme.md with initial infos. 2016-05-09 18:03:39 +02:00			`# McLighting - The ESP8266 based multi-client lighting gadget`

			`> Mc Lighting (the multi-client lighting gadget) is a very cheap internet-controllable lighting solution based on the famous ESP8266 microcontroller and WS2811/2812 led strips. It features a self-hosted responsive web-interface, a REST-API and a websocket connector.`

			`> Because of it's open architecture and APIs it's easy to build new clients for different platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Universal Apps, Siri/Cortana integration, ...).`

Added demo video 2016-05-21 21:42:57 +02:00
			`[![Demo video WebClient](https://j.gifs.com/kRPrzN.gif)](https://youtu.be/rc6QVHKAXBs)`

Updated readme.md with initial infos. 2016-05-09 18:03:39 +02:00			`## The Hardware`

Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`The project ist based on the famous ESP8266 microcontroller and WD2811/WS2812 LED strips. There are many variations of the ESP chip out there, but I chose the NodeMCU dev board, because it's powered by micro USB and has a voltage converter included to power the ESP which uses 3.3V.`
			`A standalone ESP8266 or a Adafruit Huzzah should work too.`
Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00
Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`The RGB LED strips are also available in many different flavours as strip or as standalone LEDs and can easily be chained.`
Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00
Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`See wiki [Hardware](wiki/Hardware)`
Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00

Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`## Software installation`
			`See wiki [Software installation](wiki/Software-installation)`
Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00
			`### Used Libraries`
Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`This project uses libraries and code by different authors:`
Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00			`- WiFiManager by @tzapu (tested with version 0.11.0)`
			`https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager`
			`- WebSockets by @Links2004 (tested with version 2.0.2)`
			`https://github.com/Links2004/arduinoWebSockets`
			`- Adafruit NeoPixel by @adafruit (tested with 1.0.5)`
			`https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel`

			`The sketch also uses the following built-in library:`
			`- Ticker by @igrr`

			`Parts of the code were taken or inspired by the following sources:`
			`- HSB3RGB conversion`
			`https://blog.adafruit.com/2012/03/14/constant-brightness-hsb-to-rgb-algorithm/`
			`- TV simulator logic inspired by @BulldogLowell`
			`https://github.com/BulldogLowell/PhoneyTV`
			`- SPIFS Webserver by Hristo Gochkov`
			`https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/ESP8266WebServer/examples/FSBrowser`

			`Thank you to all the authors for distributing their software that way.`
			`I hope I didn't miss any sources and mentioned every author. In case I forgot someone please let me know and I will fix it.`


Changed licence 2016-05-10 08:42:50 +02:00			`## Todos`
			`- [x] Fix issue with websockets connection problems`
Moved soft- and hardware to the wiki. 2016-05-21 22:15:34 +02:00			`- [ ] Add support for 433MHz wireless socket using the [RC switch](https://github.com/sui77/rc-switch) library.`
Updated readme 2016-05-10 08:54:02 +02:00			`- [ ] Switch to the [NeoPixelBus library](https://github.com/Makuna/NeoPixelBus/wiki)`
Changed licence 2016-05-10 08:42:50 +02:00			`- [ ] Use the led strip for status information in connection phase`
			`- [ ] Enhance the documentation`
			`- [ ] Stability improvements`
			`- [ ] Additional clients`

Updated readme.md with initial infos. 2016-05-09 18:03:39 +02:00			`## Licence`
Updated readme 2016-05-10 08:54:02 +02:00			`[GNU LGPLv3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt)`
Updated readme.md with initial infos. 2016-05-09 18:03:39 +02:00

Initial commit with Arduino and client 2016-05-12 23:05:38 +02:00			`More information will be added as soon as I clean up the code and complete documentation.`