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alexei.dolgolyov 2240471b67 Add demo mode: virtual hardware sandbox for testing without real devices
Demo mode provides a complete sandbox environment with:
- Virtual capture engine (radial rainbow test pattern on 3 displays)
- Virtual audio engine (synthetic music-like audio on 2 devices)
- Virtual LED device provider (strip/60, matrix/256, ring/24 LEDs)
- Isolated data directory (data/demo/) with auto-seeded sample entities
- Dedicated config (config/demo_config.yaml) with pre-configured API key
- Frontend indicator (DEMO badge + dismissible banner)
- Engine filtering (only demo engines visible in demo mode)
- Separate entry point: python -m wled_controller.demo (port 8081)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-20 16:17:14 +03:00

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# Phase 3: Virtual Audio Engine
**Status:** ⬜ Not Started
**Parent plan:** [PLAN.md](./PLAN.md)
**Domain:** backend
## Objective
Create a `DemoAudioEngine` that provides virtual audio devices and produces synthetic audio data, enabling audio-reactive visualizations in demo mode.
## Tasks
- [ ] Task 1: Create `server/src/wled_controller/core/audio/demo_engine.py` with `DemoAudioEngine` and `DemoAudioCaptureStream`
- [ ] Task 2: `DemoAudioEngine.ENGINE_TYPE = "demo"`, `ENGINE_PRIORITY = 1000`
- [ ] Task 3: `is_available()` returns `True` only when `is_demo_mode()` is True
- [ ] Task 4: `enumerate_devices()` returns 2 virtual devices:
- "Demo Microphone" (input, not loopback)
- "Demo System Audio" (loopback)
- [ ] Task 5: `DemoAudioCaptureStream` implements:
- `channels = 2`, `sample_rate = 44100`, `chunk_size = 1024`
- `read_chunk()` produces synthetic audio: a mix of sine waves with slowly varying frequencies to simulate music-like beat patterns
- Returns proper float32 ndarray
- [ ] Task 6: Register `DemoAudioEngine` in `audio/__init__.py`
## Files to Modify/Create
- `server/src/wled_controller/core/audio/demo_engine.py` — New file: DemoAudioEngine + DemoAudioCaptureStream
- `server/src/wled_controller/core/audio/__init__.py` — Register DemoAudioEngine
## Acceptance Criteria
- `DemoAudioEngine.is_available()` is True only in demo mode
- Virtual audio devices appear in audio device enumeration when in demo mode
- `read_chunk()` returns valid float32 audio data that varies over time
- Audio analyzer produces non-trivial frequency band data from the synthetic signal
## Notes
- Synthetic audio should produce interesting FFT results (multiple frequencies, amplitude modulation)
- Keep it computationally lightweight
- Must conform to `AudioCaptureStreamBase` interface exactly
## Review Checklist
- [ ] All tasks completed
- [ ] Code follows project conventions
- [ ] No unintended side effects
- [ ] Build passes
- [ ] Tests pass (new + existing)
## Handoff to Next Phase
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