arduino-christmas-tree

Control your Christmas tree lights by clapping your hands and by voice using a Google Home.

• Use a sound sensor connected to Arduino to detect clapping, and then turn on/off lights (standard Christmas tree lights and Hue lights) on the tree using a relay
• Use an app for syncing the Hue lights with music played on Spotify
• Use Google Home to voice control the music (and thus the Hue lights sync)

Demo on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8cCkUNk98kw

Components

• Arduino UNO

• Relay module

• Sound sensor

• App for controlling hue lights based on music: iLightShow on iOS

• Wires and power cords

• Lights to control:

  • Philips Hue lights
  • Christmas lights
  • an LED for lighting up the Christmas star on top of the tree (and corresponding resistor)

Schematics