[HN Gopher] WLED Arduino WiFi LED Controller
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WLED Arduino WiFi LED Controller
Author : 692
Score : 46 points
Date : 2022-01-17 19:37 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| rhd wrote:
| This project is great, I've used it in a number of 3d printed
| lamps (I did not design, just printed and assembled): Hex wall
| feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k58HUUgFhOw Fiber lamp:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlQDPNpxps Canister lamp:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdRT6GtUGSo
| MegaDeKay wrote:
| The community is great too. Their Discord is filled with all
| kinds of cool project ideas, helpful folks, and discussions of
| upcoming features.
|
| https://discord.gg/KuqP7NE
| 692 wrote:
| one of the things I really do like about this, is that you can
| connect sensors and buttons to the arduino and send/ receive
| the i/o via wifi.
| kbob wrote:
| How does WLED compare to PixelBlaze?
|
| https://www.bhencke.com/pixelblaze
| detaro wrote:
| WLED: Open-Source, software only you can flash on various
| boards. Doesn't have the scripting/live-coding part that
| Pixelblaze has (i.e. you need to write your own effects in c++
| and compile them in). Doesn't support 2D/3D mappings natively.
| Has a few more APIs.
|
| Pixelblaze is really nice and in many ways the more advanced
| option, but for most things I go for a <$5 board with WLED or
| FastLED over $35 (+shipping +tax) for a PixelBlaze.
| Marioheld wrote:
| WLED has many really cool advanced features like support for
| segmentation of one led strip into multiple ones,
| Synchronization with other instances, Alexa/Google Home
| support, Phillips Hue Emulation, HTTP API, Controlable over DMX
| with E1.31 or ArtNet.
|
| There exists even a sound reactive fork. Which analyzes(volume
| and FFT based) the audio directly on the ESP32.
| sen wrote:
| I love WLED and have used it on over a dozen lighting projects
| with ESP32s and ESP8266s. It makes it so ridiculously easy, and
| has an incredible set of features with a great app to control it
| all and integrate with other services.
|
| - Kids bedside lamps. Using the timed preset changes in WLED it
| goes from bright white/blue for reading time, then at bedtime it
| plays a rainbow animation and fades to a bright orange with
| pulses of similar colours, then throughout the next hour fades to
| a gentle animation of soft colours that stay on all night as
| their nightlights.
|
| - Down-lighting on shelving, using strips of LEDs under each
| shelf lip. Gives a nice bright warm-white glow to everything on
| the shelves which shifts to a soft blue at night for mood
| lighting in the room.
|
| - Ambient lighting throughout various rooms that is controlled
| via Home Assistant.
|
| - LED strips on my 3D printers which are turned on via Octoprint
| when the printers start warming up, and stay on throughout the
| prints for timelapses then the lights all go green when the
| prints are finished.
|
| ... and many more. Every single one of those projects were simple
| 1-day affairs thanks to WLED. Stick the LEDs where you want them,
| wire them up to an ESP + a PSU (usually an old phone charger with
| a chopped USB cable to split out power), and flash the ESP and
| boot. Then the rest is done sitting down with your phone and
| playing with the sequence editor or choosing presets/timers.
| tlrobinson wrote:
| > shifts to a soft blue at night for mood lighting
|
| Blue at night might not be the best choice
| https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-ha...
| theshrike79 wrote:
| It's not just for Arduinos. You can plug in an ESP32 and have a
| HTTP API to control your lights with any UI you like.
| Ajedi32 wrote:
| Looks like there are even controllers you can buy that have
| WLED pre-installed: https://kno.wled.ge/basics/compatible-
| hardware/#controllers-... That's starting to move out of DIY
| territory and into the realm of a niche consumer product.
| vinay427 wrote:
| I'm a huge fan of WLED. It tends to work flawlessly after some
| minor tweaking of settings, at least on my ESP8266 board with
| WS2815 LED strips. The built-in effects are likely sufficient for
| most uses and can easily be programmatically controlled by
| something like Home Assistant [1].
|
| If you consider building a setup, I would only recommend ensuring
| your wiring is correct and the power supplies are sufficient for
| the LEDs you're using, unless the board's built-in power output
| (probably with a level shifter to 5V) is enough.
|
| [1] https://www.home-assistant.io
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