# EBOX

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## Project Proposal

### Overview

We created an audio responsive LED lighting system integrated on a desk that can be used as a fun addition to one's home entertainment and lighting systems. The EBOX has 3 modes that the user can set with a tap of a touch sensor to customize the dynamic light patterns to fit any mood.

### Group Members

Jordan Gewirtz

Chanel Lynn

Nish Chakraburtty

Tony Sancho-Spore (TA)

Dr. James Feher (Prof)

### Objectives

• Use an Arduino to implement a Fast Fourier Transform(FFT)
• Integrate the FFT through the Arduino with our LED lights
• Make the LED lights respond music with a specific, non-random color scheme
• Have the Light intensity change with the decibel level of the music
• User interface

### Challenges

• learn Arduino
• Soldering
• learn complex circuitry
• carpentry
• writing the code and interfacing the Arduino with the LEDs and Sound receptor
• Learn to not short our entire project
• Learn how to use transistors
• Make sure nothing blows up
• Staying under budget

### Shortcomings

All of the modules that we set out to use worked out and synced seamlessly. Challenges we faced included buying the right components that would give us the output we needed to conduct the Fast Fourier Transform, debugging the software, and comparing our initial objectives with the final product we felt that we reached all of our goals. Some restricted access to the workshop barred us from customizing the design of the table, although we still met our desired outcome by using a desk that had an existing transparent glass top.

### Potential Next Steps

Our next steps would be to think about securing the table further by adding a waterproof seal around the glass to avoid damaging the hardware and the LED lights. This will make the product even more functional in that someone would not have to worry about their beverage affecting the components of the electrical system. Adding some additional user interfaces such as an LCD screen that tells the user what mode the system is in and making the light patterns even more dynamic through the software could also be next steps.