audio-reactive-led-strip VS Tasmota

Thanks for the pointers! After digging a bit more, I found https://github.com/scottlawsonbc/audio-reactive-led-strip which looks like an excellent end-to-end setup that's also easy to explore further from. Can't wait to sink lots of hours into it :D

So I do think it's pretty well accepted that coding in python is easier for new programmers than coding in Arduino/C/C++. I don't have any experience working with the seeduino boards, and I don't have any experience doing sound reactive projects, but this project on GitHub really looks like it's exactly what you're looking for if you are okay with moving the the RPi: https://github.com/scottlawsonbc/audio-reactive-led-strip

A custom version of "Device Mic" was implemented taking code from here but need to be improved. Hope you like it :)

Straight to the point. I want to integrate this: Music Reactive LED's into my car. I plan for everything to be behind the dash. I am adept with soldering, basic IT and small electronics (having made my own button box and peripheral input converter). However these seems a bit more advanced purely because of my requirements.

LedFX sounds great if you want to control many different strips in a network. For a standalone Raspberry Pi, there is also this project, which I meant to try out for some time but did not come around to. It has a lot more features than my implementation.

In order to use audio visualization with speakers you can use this library that someone made. https://github.com/scottlawsonbc/audio-reactive-led-strip From what I’m seeing, in order to use audio from your pc/headphones instead of from your speakers you have to program it yourself. You’ll notice they do something similar in the microphone.py but it uses your microphone from your pc. Instead of the microphone it just needs to use the input audio. I was going to modify this library to do that but it needs a esp2866 which I currently don’t have.

Everything works pretty flawlessly with it.

Conbee 2 ist still my current stick because I am experimenting with the Matter/Thread Support on the Home Assistant Yellow, sadly without success though.

My best recommendation if you want to tinker with smart devices is get anything that you can flash Tasmota on. (List of Devices https://templates.blakadder.com/ )

Tasmota is an amazing piece of software that runs on your smart device for example a power plug.

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/

Get MQTT running on your Home Assistant device, or any in your network and start connecting stuff to it.

I have Shelly powerplugs flashed with Tasmota and that opens up so many possibilities.

Firmware and embedded systems engineers will love this project; Tasmota is firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices that allows you to more easily configure your devices. The catch with this new update is that direct migration for versions earlier than 8.1 are no longer supported. If you're using anything higher, you can directly migrate to this latest version. Tasmota 14.0 adds a bunch of new commands, support for new hardware such as temperature and pressure sensors, and lots more. Read up on all the new devices, modules, and how to migrate in the Tasmota release notes.

All of my office devices are connected to Sonoff S31 smart plugs, flashed with Tasmota on their own locked-down VLAN, and can be controlled via voice, Alexa, Tasker automation on my Android, NFC tags at my office door and various scripts triggered via my StreamDeck (on Linux). This all works fantastic, and I can turn on or off my devices, including my printer, when I start or end my day at work.

The best alternative firmware example for true IOT devices is Tasmota [1]. Erase manufacturer firmware for every ESP devices the day after purchase to avoid those careless manufacturer firmwares.

[1] https://tasmota.github.io/docs/