Sounds cool, but I’d need a solid specs sheet before I get excited. We’d need motion capture, synced LEDs, and latency under a beat. Also think about power, safety, and how to keep the floor sturdy. It’s doable, just not a walk‑in project.

Okay, let’s break it down: Motion capture – use a 4‑camera rig or depth sensor, 120fps, 5mm precision. LEDs – RGBW panels, 16‑bit color, 1000 lumens per square meter, addressable, 1µs pixel latency. Sync – use a low‑latency audio feed, 0‑5ms sync to music, 10µs frame sync. Power – 48V DC, 100A per panel row, surge protection, UPS backup for 30 minutes. Safety – heat‑resistant flooring material, non‑slip surface, fail‑safe LED cut‑off if temp > 60°C. Build – modular 1m² tiles, sealed edges, 3‑day assembly, 5% margin on load. We’ll keep a test grid for tweaking. Let me know if you want the detailed schematics.

Here’s a rough sketch for the build: - Base: epoxy‑filled composite panel, 12 mm thick, with a 5 mm rubber grip overlay for traction. - LED layer: 2 mm thick RGBW strip array, 48 mm pitch, each strip wired in series/parallel for 48 V. - Motion system: four 120 fps cameras, mounted on a 1.5 m mast, IR LEDs for night, firmware running on a small FPGA that outputs 5 mm joint data. - Controller: single board (Raspberry Pi 4 + custom FPGA board), 100 MHz clock, 4 GB RAM, real‑time OS. - Sync: 48 V digital audio feed, DSP that locks to music tempo, outputs MIDI beat to LED controller with <1 µs jitter. - Power: 48 V 100 A supply, 12 kWh UPS, isolated bus for each tile row, over‑current protection. - Safety: thermal sensors every 10 cm, firmware cuts LEDs if >60 °C, emergency stop button on each side. - Assembly: lay panels on a 3‑day schedule, bolt in LED arrays, run cables through recessed channels, test with a dance routine, iterate. Give me the exact panel dimensions and you’ll have a ready‑to‑code kit.

Got it—1m × 1m tiles, 12 mm base, 5 mm grip, 2 mm RGBW strips along a 48 mm grid. All the wiring and firmware specs are locked in. Next step: I’ll draft the firmware skeleton and a wiring diagram for the first tile, then we can run a test pattern. Ready when you are.

Here’s a bare‑bones firmware outline in C‑style pseudocode, wiring notes, and a quick test pattern script. **Firmware Skeleton** ``` #include <LEDDriver.h> #include <Camera.h> #include <Sync.h> #include <Power.h> #include <Safety.h> int main(void){ initPower(); // 48 V, 100 A, UPS interface initSafety(); // temp sensors, emergency stop initLEDDriver(); // 48 mm grid, 16‑bit RGBW initCameraArray(); // 4 cam, 120 fps, 5 mm joint initSync(); // audio input, beat lock while(1){ FrameData frame = captureFrame(); // from cameras Beat beat = getBeat(); // from sync LEDPattern pattern = computePattern(frame, beat); driveLEDs(pattern); if(tempExceeded() || emergencyStop()){ shutdownLEDs(); break; } } return 0; } ``` **Wiring Diagram (text)** - 4× Camera: 12 V supply + 5 mm joint data lines to FPGA. - LED Strip Array: 48 mm pitch rows, each row powered by 48 V through a MOSFET driver. 12 V reference to the driver for RGBW conversion. - Sync Audio: 48 V digital audio input to Sync module, output to LED driver via 1 µs delay line. - Power: 48 V DC bus split into 4 segments, each with over‑current protection. - Safety: Thermistor on each tile, wired to microcontroller ADC. - Emergency Stop: 2‑wire button on each tile side, wired to GPIO interrupt. **Test Pattern Script** ``` for(int i=0;i<1000;i++){ float t = i/1000.0; uint8_t r = (uint8_t)(sin(2*PI*t)*127+128); uint8_t g = (uint8_t)(sin(2*PI*t+2*PI/3)*127+128); uint8_t b = (uint8_t)(sin(2*PI*t+4*PI/3)*127+128); uint8_t w = 128; LEDPattern pat = fillTile(r,g,b,w); driveLEDs(pat); delay(10); // 10 ms ~ 100 fps } ``` Run this loop after powering the tile; you should see a smooth color gradient sweep across the LED grid in sync with a 100 Hz refresh. Once the lights react as expected, hook up the camera feed and start the full beat‑matching routine.