I am about to add led strips to my car. I will have at least 4 zones to start out and might add more.
1. Under carriage
2. Front end
3. External
4. Internal
Doing it now, I will have 4 controllers with either 1 app, or 4 different remotes. Either way, I will have problems trying to get them to sync the way I envision. Raspberry has so much power, that I think I should be able to preset every option I want and enable with my phone. Some simple examples, all zones cool white, or zone 1 flashing green, zone 2 flashing purple, other 2 zones off, or just zone 4 blue. Possible?
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Yes, no problem. It is a piece of cake for Rpi. I always think that anything stupid human can do, Rpi can do better - remember Google chess playing AlphaGo and Google driverless car?.– tlfong01May 14, 2019 at 2:04
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Yes, it is possible. But is it the real question? What does it is? How to program it? That would be to broad.– IngoMay 14, 2019 at 21:07
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@tlfong01 so where do I start? I can find a lot of reading for house lights, but nothing for a car. What software do I use? I’m also clueless on writing my own code.– DaasuMay 14, 2019 at 21:15
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Add led strips to my car, ...
One app or 4 different remotes, ...
All zones cool white, zone 1 flashing green, ..., or just zone 4 blue. Possible?
Answer
Yes, with Rpi, no mission is impossible. Your specific user requirement boils down to two generic answers:
Mobile phone controlling a couple of remotes
Rpi controlling a couple of LED strip
You might like to watch the following Open Garage YouTube to get a rough idea of how it can be DIYed using Arduino ESP8266 to do the job. Of course you can also RpiZero WiFi, but ESP8266 WiFi is cheaper and smaller.
Introducing OpenGarage: an Open-Source WiFi Garage Door Opener using ESP8266 - 55,426 views
Yes, I know you are not opening a garage door, but the circuit of ESP8266/RpiZW controlling a remote which in turn switches on.off a garage door motor or LED strip is almost the same.
For LED strip, you can read the Lady Ada tutorial and a question on LED strip to get a rough idea of how to use Rpi to control the WS2812 LED strip. This part is a little bit difficult, unless you use AdaFruit libraries.
AdaFruit NixoPixel Tutorial - Lada Ada
[WS2812 LED Strip] Adafruit Neopixel library slows down code
References
Using Using Neopixels with the Raspberry Pi
WS2812B-V4 Intelligent control LED Integrated Light Source
AdaFrui NixoPixel Tutorial - Lada Ada
AdaFruit NeoPixel Stick 8 x 5050 RGB LED with Integrated Drivers $5.95
Introducing OpenGarage: an Open-Source WiFi Garage Door Opener using ESP8266 - 55,426 views
Garage door buttons on car to control RPi
[WS2812 LED Strip] Adafruit Neopixel library slows down code
