Projects:HackTheVU

Exact name	HackTheVU
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Description	Hack The BinaryVoice VU Meter on the FM Tower !
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Hack The VU

You've all noticed the giant VU Meter on the BinaryVoice FM Tower. As discussed in Projects:VUMeter it shows the audio level of the BinaryVoice FM radio station.

But it also has a network interface to control the LEDs !

You can control it over UDP via 151.216.79.11 on port 555

It has 80 LEDs of which you can set the RGB color value.

The protocol

Send the following message: SET:XX:RR:GG:BB to UDP port 555

• XX: the led number (from 0 to 79, bottom to top)
• RR: the HEX RED color value
• GG: the HEX GREEN color value
• BB: the HEX BLUE color value

For example

Sending

echo SET:39:FF:FF:FF | socat -t 0 - UDP:151.216.79.11:555

will set the middle led to white

Notes

Please be gentle since it is only an Arduino Uno on a small network shield. :-)

After 10 seconds of silence the tower will return to normal VU meter operation