http://files.channel9.msdn.com/thumbnail/f93f5bd7-90eb-4142-a146-a86cb4ba1a03.png This Hardware Friday post might get me in a little hot water, but given the time of year and the new shiny that is the Raspberry Pi I thought it worth a post try. There's no Microsoft tech in this project, no C#, no Netduino, no Windows, nothing. But there is a world out there outside of Microsoft (no, really, there is...) and this really does look like fun, so, well, here it is! Raspberry Pi Lights: how to sync Christmas lights to midi audioThis post will show you the details of my Raspberry Pi powered synchronized Christmas lights project.  I really enjoyed working on this and I wanted to share it with anyone interested in this sort of thing. It’s fun to begin at the end, so here is a video of the Pi Lights playing to Star Wars. .. ... Software needed: Debian Rapsberry Pi distro  (http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) Timidity (apt-get install timidity) Alsa devel libraries (http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page) Gordon’s wiringPi library (https://projects.drogon.net/raspberry-pi/wiringpi/) ... ... en Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:26 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:26 GMT Rev9