This came from an idea in high school where one could change a channel and some LEDs could change color. This project is just that, only with Smart TV's. One changes the application to Netflix, the LEDs turn red. Another changes the application to Hulu, the LEDs turn green.
## Pre req's
* A Raspberry Pi (tested with a Raspberry Pi 4)
* A WS2818B LED strip
* Rust 1.40+ (this is the version of Rust `bleak` was written in)
## Installation
### Hardware
Coming soon!
### Software
Download and install Rust. You can find Rust [here](https://www.rust-lang.org/) or just use `curl` to install Rust via rustup (recommended):
Asssuming one is a command line wizard, you have navigated to the root of the project.
## Compilation/Use
There's two ways of compiling this project. One way is to compile on Rasberry Pi itself, which is a bit slow. The other way is some cross-compilation hoodoo voodoo magic which I have not explored as of yet. Once I figure out to use cross-compliation effectively, I will update this readme.
Next, run `cargo` to compile it (I happened to compile this on the Raspberry Pi itself):
I wrote a systmed service file so starting and stopping would be like I'm starting and stopping any service on a Linux machine. I also didn't like `bleak` taking control of my terminal session :)
## Troubleshooting
Things that I've noticed:
*`bleak` will fail from time to time. There's no error handling at this point.
*`bleak` like to change color to some random color(s) when being told to change color to, say, green or red.
* Roku TV's tend to be slow while `bleak` is running. Can't reproduce this problem, however...
