his week I completed my light table project powered by a Raspberry Pi 5 single board computer. It displays a dazzling array of lighting effects, is a jukebox, talks to a home theater system, among other things.

Here is a "disconnected" version of the software I wrote that controls everything. And by "disconnected" I mean you can use the software I am linking, but it will this version will, not allow random Internet people to actually make changes to my home theater.

A video clip of the setup is below.

Video: Raspberry Pi Lights

Oh, and in case you are confused, the software runs inside that custom bartop I made and presents itself with a touch screen placed in the center of the bartop. It also has mobile phone app versions, and phone web access, and acts as a wifi portal.

The software has several features, including finger paint to play with the lights, effects to change lighting effects, jukebox to play and visualize music in the theater room, movies to interact with a Kaleidescape movie player system, and settings to adjust options.