teslamotors/light-show
Light Show
Light Show is a toolkit for composing, validating, and executing synchronized lighting and mechanical performances on vehicle hardware. It provides a framework for creating complex shows that integrate audio tracks with precise lighting patterns and the movement of mechanical components.
The project utilizes a structured data format to define sequences, allowing for the granular control of individual light segments, intensity transitions, and interior display states. It includes specialized utilities for coordinating these animations across multiple vehicles simultaneously, ensuring that lighting and motion remain aligned across separate hardware units.
To ensure hardware compatibility and operational safety, the toolkit includes automated validation processes that check sequence files against technical constraints before they are deployed. Performances are executed by loading these validated files and associated audio data from external storage directly onto the vehicle firmware.
Features
- Vehicle Lighting Programming - Provides a comprehensive toolkit for composing, validating, and executing synchronized lighting and mechanical performances on vehicle hardware.
- Hardware Abstraction Layers - Translates high-level animation sequences into specific binary commands and intensity ramps for vehicle hardware controllers.
- Multi-Vehicle Choreography - Provides utilities for synchronizing lighting and mechanical animations across multiple vehicles to execute a unified performance.
- Hardware Sequence Validators - Verifies sequence files against technical constraints and safety limits to ensure hardware compatibility before deployment.
- External Audio Loading - Provides utilities for loading synchronized audio and sequence data from external storage media for performance execution.
- Light Show Composers - Merges audio files with lighting and mechanical sequence data to create custom, synchronized performances.
- Ambient Lighting Controllers - Modifies the color and brightness of interior displays and accent lighting to customize the cabin environment.
- JSON Device Specifications - Defines lighting and mechanical movement sequences using a structured JSON format for offline composition.
- Distributed Clock Synchronizers - Aligns timing across multiple vehicle hardware units to ensure synchronized performance execution.
- Mechanical Animations - Programs the rhythmic movement of vehicle components like mirrors and windows as part of a coordinated show.
- Lighting Intensity Controllers - Manages lighting intensity with instant states or gradual ramping effects for smooth visual transitions.
- Multi-Vehicle Fleet Coordinators - Coordinates complex lighting and mechanical animations across multiple vehicles to run as a single unified performance.
- External Storage Sequence Loaders - Enables the execution of custom performances by loading sequence and audio data from external storage drives.
- LED Segment Managers - Controls specific pixels within light bars and accent segments to produce high-resolution visual effects.
- Hardware Animation Specifications - Uses a structured JSON format to define complex lighting patterns, mechanical movements, and audio-synchronized events.
- Timeline Synchronization - Coordinates lighting and mechanical events against precise timestamps to maintain alignment with audio tracks.
