# Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer Sensory Bridge isn't your grandpa's light show - lightning fast DFT and customizable music-driven LED shows you need to see to believe. - **Seller:** [Lixie Labs](https://lectronz.com/stores/lixielabs), FRUIT HEIGHTS, Utah, United States - **Price:** $60.00 (USD, before shipping and taxes) - **Availability:** Sold out - **Categories:** Audio, ESP32, LEDs - **Certified Open Source Hardware:** [OSHW US002125](https://certification.oshwa.org/us002125.html) - **Product page:** https://lectronz.com/products/sensory-bridge ## Links - [Documentation](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) - [Code](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) - [Design Files](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) - [Schematics](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) - [Bom](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) ## Images ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODIzNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9e7134abea52df76165b67d922718eccdd0905b9/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-04T22_32_18.957Z-_MG_1025_FINAL.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODIzOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e68d4d07cb71c635dde12927c32d906107316e03/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-04T21_03_52.596Z-_MG_0919_smaller.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODI0MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b375aa25c2aa3c09f1a0be02dc29210f533b964e/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-04T22_29_25.716Z-_MG_0906_FINAL.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODI1MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--d03d47d01954f4dc275043666011d1d5b20426f8/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-03T21_48_37.221Z-_MG_1001.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODI0NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7f482a53fb01b2c3b0bbc5145cc4656816c4a438/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-04T22_18_27.177Z-_MG_1027_FINAL.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODI1NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--79f2ca62a95c4ea1ba7735790865b451170764c1/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-03T22_21_07.750Z-_MG_0939.jpg) ![Sensory Bridge // An Advanced LED Music Visualizer](https://lectronz-images.b-cdn.net/lectronz/active_storage/representations/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODI1OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--43e99031eb0f17bd941fb964c556a120eead80f6/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6eyJmb3JtYXQiOiJqcGciLCJyZXNpemVfdG9fbGltaXQiOls5NjAsNjQwXSwic2F2ZXIiOnsic3RyaXAiOnRydWV9fSwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--970c165836a83091725a1a0fd4f37ce9408da1bf/2022-09-04T22_19_41.724Z-_MG_0985_FINAL.jpg) ## Description -------------------------------------------------------- # **Mini Masts are available on backorder now!** **[CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO](https://twitter.com/lixielabs/status/1707804323298816098)** --------------------------------------------------------- [![CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO DEMO](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/6.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHj-XW7_6Y) -------------------------------------------------------- # SENSORY BRIDGE is **DIFFERENT** **This isn't the usual "sound-reactive LEDs" you've seen for years.** -------------------------------------------------------- **Sensory Bridge is built from the ground up as an open, powerful bridge between sight and sound.** With a show that's reactive to notation, vibrato and more, it produces very unique and pleasant-to-look-at light shows which synchronize to your music without any visible latency. (A built-in MEMS microphone constantly studies what it hears using a special-sauce Goertzel-based Discrete Fourier Transform, at 100 FPS!) It has to be seen to be believed, *which the video demos below can help with:* **(NOTE: The below demos are from the 1.X firmware. [Here are two demos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PTFeUaBFc) of the [current 3.X firmware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0eGfIzb31k)!)** [![STREET BY STREET](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/street_by_street.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trJYa3U8nCU) [![TRUSTFUL_HANDS](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/trustful_hands.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EICjxSjveM) [![ON THE RUN](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/on_the_run.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWJjWcHplGc) [![GET YOU](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/get_you.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk1oRJr7TGo) [![PLANTASIA](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/plantasia.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8LxBKy5SI) [![NINA](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/nina.jpg?raw=true)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXu3x7s3SVE) # -------------------------------------------------------- ![SENSORY BRIDGE IS SIMPLE](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/2.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- # SENSORY BRIDGE is **SIMPLE** -------------------------------------------------------- **Easy controls provide quick access to changing the brightness, color, and smoothing of the display!** -------------------------------------------------------- ## **KNOBS** -------------------------------------------------------- ### PHOTONS KNOB Too bright? *Dim down the show* with the **PHOTONS** knob. The FastLED code in the firmware will use dithering to keep producing color nicely at lower brightness levels. ### CHROMA KNOB Custom color or automated color based on the music's notation? Choose with the **CHROMA** knob, where turning it all the way to the top enables Chromatic Mode. ### MOOD KNOB This knob is special. **MOOD** controls *how quickly your LEDs will react to changes in pitch and volume!* A low "mood" will be very soft and gradual, only showing things like the underlying chord progression of a song, whereas a *high* "mood" will be extremely reactive, and can be a little too flashy for some people's liking. Luckily, you can blend the value to anywhere between those two extremes whenever you want to find what look you prefer! # ![KNOBS](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/16.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- ## **BUTTONS** -------------------------------------------------------- ### NOISE BUTTON Running the A/C? Is the washing machine suddenly on the spin cycle? Don't worry, just pause the music for a moment and press the **NOISE BUTTON** to run a 3-second calibration to *automagically* have noisy background ambience removed from your light show. ### MODE BUTTON Sensory Bridge currently has 6 powerful lightshow modes that you can cycle through with a tap, or long-press to toggle mirrored versions! ![SETTINGS PAGE](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/17.png?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- ## **SLEEK CONFIGURATION TOOLS** -------------------------------------------------------- Also available is an extremely helpful configuration tool available at **[settings.sensorybridge.rocks](https://settings.sensorybridge.rocks)**. This tool lets you fine-tune your settings, such as the LED strip type and length, the range of frequencies your Sensory Bridge is interested in, and more! # ![SWEET SPOT](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/3.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- ## **SWEET SPOT** -------------------------------------------------------- At the front of the base unit are three LEDs, which indicate if your music is playing too quietly for the auto-ranger to account for, or if it's too loud! (Close to clipping!) # ![SENSORY BRIDGE IS FLEXIBLE](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/12.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- # SENSORY BRIDGE is **FLEXIBLE** -------------------------------------------------------- While compatible with any WS2812B or APA102/SK9822-based LED strip (just use the screw terminals at the back!) there's also the option of using the **"Mini Mast"**, a dense strip of 128 1.5mm RGB LEDs on a 260mm long PCB! It just plugs directly into the Sensory Bridge accessory port, making for a very portable solution! # ![SENSORY BRIDGE IS OPEN](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/1.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- # SENSORY BRIDGE is **OPEN** -------------------------------------------------------- Powered by an ESP32-S2, Sensory Bridge can be easily reprogrammed for any purpose you'd like! The firmware is [open source](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge) under the [MIT License](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/LICENSE), so modifying it for your own purposes is quick and easy with the Arduino IDE. You can even download the [board](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/tree/main/extras/OSHW/PCB) and [case STLs](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/tree/main/extras/OSHW/3D%20Printing) to build one yourself! ![OSHW FACTS](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/oshw_facts.svg?raw=true) # ![WHATS INCLUDED](https://github.com/connornishijima/SensoryBridge/blob/main/extras/img/8.jpg?raw=true) -------------------------------------------------------- # WHAT'S **INCLUDED:** -------------------------------------------------------- For $60, you'll receive a ***fully assembled Sensory Bridge***, with the latest firmware already installed. For $35 extra, you can have a **Mini Mast** (128 micro-LED PCB, seen above) sent as well, with an accompanying brace that provides rigidity. (It just plugs right into the accessory port on top of Sensory Bridge!) *(MINI MAST AVAILABLE AGAIN MID-MAY 2023)* -------------------------------------------------------- # EXTRAS YOU **MIGHT NEED:** -------------------------------------------------------- ### **PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS SECTION!** To save on redundant materials you might already own, **your Sensory Bridge does *not* come with the following items:** - **WS2812B LED Strip** - "144-LEDs per meter" variants are recommended, you can cut the 16 excess LEDs off of the end of the strip or reconfigure your device to interpolate to the 144-LED length at a slightly lower frame rate. ([AMAZON LINK](https://www.amazon.com/WS2812B-Individual-Addressable-144Pixels-Non-Waterproof/dp/B09PBHJG6G/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3KPXUN3NEV06Q&keywords=ws2812b%2Bled%2Bstrip%2B144&qid=1662389723&sprefix=ws2812b%2Bled%2Bstrip%2B144%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-5&th=1)) - **USB-C Cable** ([AMAZON LINK](https://www.amazon.com/JSAUX-Charger-Braided-Compatible-Samsung/dp/B076FPGWNZ/ref=sr_1_9?crid=2YG0J3B874G73&keywords=usb-c+cable&qid=1662388265&sprefix=usb-c+cable%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-9)) *I've verified that this specific cable has data lines inside it, some cables ONLY carry power, making firmware updates impossible. Avoid those cables if at all possible.* - **5V, 2A USB Power Adapter** ([AMAZON LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Certified-Charger-FONKEN-Universal-Compatible/dp/B07DF782WQ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1WJDP9XHVR3QC&keywords=2a+usb+adapter&qid=1662388344&sprefix=2a+usb+adapter%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-4)) - **Wire Stripper** - If you'd like to use your Sensory Bridge with your own LED strip, you'll either need a wire stripper or strong teeth to get it hooked up neatly! These clamp-style strippers make that process a breeze, so please don't use your teeth: ([AMAZON LINK](https://www.amazon.com/Self-Adjusting-Stripper-Klein-Tools-11061/dp/B00CXKOEQ6/ref=sr_1_5?crid=UIAP8SCLPER3&keywords=wire+strippers&qid=1662390513&sprefix=wire+strippers%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-5)) # -------------------------------------------------------- # **GETTING STARTED** -------------------------------------------------------- The **[GETTING STARTED](https://sensorybridge.rocks/start/) GUIDE** will walk you through the quick-and-easy setup process! ## Shipping policy As of 6/5/23, Lixie Labs is manufacturing your orders on the fly: https://twitter.com/lixielabs/status/1665834294026141701