Hacking the Pixmob LED bracelet (As used on Taylor Swifts Eras Tour)

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@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

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@alexvolkov7908 4 ай бұрын

i've been tinkering with this project for a while and it's super interesting, great to see someone making a video about it

@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@IFLTW 13 күн бұрын

I became interested after attending the show. I’ve managed to sync it to the movie so that the band lights up as you’re watching.

@AM-kh9gb 4 ай бұрын

Got the IR pixmob from Coldplay woring with home assistant and a broadlink rm mini

@backacheache 4 ай бұрын

I believe for the shows themselves they trigger the controller (the Arduino in this case) with theatre lighting protocol "dmx" so the operator to use the (control) desk or lighting software of thier choice. DMX itself is a really simple protocol, just an ever repeating stream of 512 8-bit numbers and reset pulse.

@PepijndeVos 4 ай бұрын

Could help to aim the LED towards the device and also dim the lights if it seems unreliable

@DavidtheSwarfer 4 ай бұрын

yeah, aim the LED at the device, the way you had it , it was only getting reflections off the camera and sundry things in the environment, which can cause signal corruption due to timing of the echoes.

@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

Thank you both for the tips! Very good points

@emileballard4417 4 ай бұрын

i know there are two systems one with RF and a pre programmed channel they listen to. and there is a IR system. there are some movingheads with a strong IR light which send the info to the bracelet.

@edd2241 27 күн бұрын

I have a RF version about this bracelet, from Turin ATP events. There isn't a Infrared receiver but one antenna and RF circuit. I will study this circuit 🙂

@Aviationairplanes Ай бұрын

7:35 where can I buy this I have the same wristband and would like to code and turn it on!😊

@devwithzachary Ай бұрын

I picked mine up from store.arduino.cc/collections/boards-modules/products/uno-r4-wifi

@leonak520 4 ай бұрын

I would love to find the protocol of the whole eras show and run it while watching it again 😍

@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

Yes!!! Hopefully someone will be able to capture a recording of the instructions

@trainymonked 4 ай бұрын

@@devwithzacharyhey, do you have "the final signal"? I'm just at the beginning of your video, but decided to ask now in case I forget about it

@emmajay4495 2 ай бұрын

I went to the German website and followed their instructions how to set up an android phone with IR blaster. I now have a Samsung Galaxy S6 dedicated to driving PIXMOB bracelets from the Eras Tour, including resetting "dead" ones. It's a cool tool. Next project is to build an Arduino based system that responds to music

@naditsanikolovska9056 4 ай бұрын

How did you open it?

@Biertheke-uf1wl 4 ай бұрын

Hey, I also have that pixmob bracelet from the Taylor Swift Eras Tour. :D Thanks, I'll try that out. Great video.

@bjornvanrooij5656 3 ай бұрын

What program do you use to send it to the bracelets and how does it work?

@Djeez2 4 ай бұрын

My daughters came home with Taylor Swift bracelets. Do they have RF capability? Is the RF just an alternative way to IR to program or activate the bracelets? The github page is not very clear on that. Thank you for enlightening me on the workings of the system.

@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

@@Djeez2 I believe there is a specific version that uses RF instead of IR. The versions from Taylor swift are just IR

@ANDREASARAIGONZALEZARIAS Ай бұрын

@@devwithzachary hey can you show what thonny script do you used and what did you edit, 'cause mine isn't working :(

@philippengels4355 4 ай бұрын

I am quite new to all this Arduino stuff. I understood the part flashing the code onto the Arduino. But how do you send these demo effect files on python via the arduino? I don’t get that part

@devwithzachary 4 ай бұрын

The python script is sending the instructions over the Arduino serial interface (via USB). So the code running on the Arduino itself is waiting for data being sent over serial and then converting it into IR signals. (my rough understanding anyway)

@philippengels4355 4 ай бұрын

@@devwithzachary thanks!

@elliebastian 4 ай бұрын

Can I send my bracelet to you, as I think I missed the last signal as mine just doesn’t work anymore☹️ I would love to get it just flashing normally again

@emmajay4495 2 ай бұрын

@elliebastian I can do that for you, I have a Samsung phone configured to do this.

@LovelyLawla 2 ай бұрын

My braclet from Taylor Swift worked fine at home until I tried to be smart and re-wear it to Coldplay 10 weeks later as it's the same company that do both. But cuz of their eco policy, the last signal stopped all the braclets (they want to reuse theirs at future shows), so my Taylor Swift one died. I was so upset. I'm gonna try to do this to fix it.

@anushatomar 2 ай бұрын

@@emmajay4495 Hey can you help me too? I have android. I never went to any show. My friend gave me the eras tour bracelet from the show she went to. It's not lighting up, can you help me with it?