How to Automate Cheap RGB LED Strips
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How to control and automate generic cheap RGB LED Strips with you phone and voice using Amazon Echo or Google Home. Have fun!
Links to products used:
RGBWW Wifi Controller Only:
U.S.: amzn.to/3fLtSLk
Canada: amzn.to/3a7B43o
(Full Kit) RGB LED Strips + Basic Wifi (No White/Warm White):
U.S.:amzn.to/3kqf1cN
Canada: amzn.to/33GVEGD
RGB LED Strip Only (No Power, No controller)
U.S.: amzn.to/31zcx3f
Canada: amzn.to/3ipyTLi
12V Power Adapter:
U.S.: amzn.to/3gHohap
Canada: amzn.to/2F2sG9H
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Like how straight foward this video is , everything is well explained 👍 would love to see more of this cheaper alternative smart home ideas.
Thank you!
Yes, wow, I random saw this video on RUclips and it's awesome!
The cool thing is, I want to install LED-strips in one room of my house, but I didn't know how I could automate them or connect them with my phone without paying so much money. So this video helps me a lot, thanks :)
Hell yeah man this is what I've been waiting for all this time....so excited
Dude, you 1st brought me to your channel with "My RGB Apparentment (explained)" then I saw your UPDATE and I had to hit SUBSCRIBE! I honestly can't wait to see more content! Super excited to see more videos!! & Great subtle humor Lmao throughout. I hope you get a lot more subscribers and sponsors, you definitely have a lot of potential on this channel, remember a smooth edit is what will keep your viewers eye for the duration of the video (I've learned this from Potato Jet / RUclipsr) and you've done that very well. I too love the RGB lifestyle and you've inspired me to start my lighting setups. BTW been using 5&Below RGB strips LMAO had to start somewhere right.. I would love to see a video on your background whether it be about if you do graphic design or visual effects or lighting gear for customers. Awsome logo setup with the RGB can't wait for that video. Take care brotha!
Wow Javier, made my day! Glad you appreciate the work I'm trying to put into this and super excited some people recognize it. I also follow potato jet and similar youtubers and strive to be at their level of expertise some day, so thanks for the inspiration. Appreciate all the kind words, thanks for the motivation and subscription!
Your tutorials are great. You state what is probably obvious to you, but not to newbies. You get to the point quickly instead of babbling forever about some other thing. Well done!
Been subbed from the start and inspired me to do my home. Great work :D I will always watch and like the videos.
Awesome, thank you!!
Very interested in the Magic Mirror project! 🔮
“You guys chilling?” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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This is so damn cool. I'm definitely gonna try to use this with my led strips!
Awesome! Looking forward to more of your videos, and to your channel growing quickly!
Subscribed!
YES, MOAR VIDEOS! Super simple instructions for awesome RGB setups!
Thanks!!
This is a huge help I’m about to move into my first apartment so I’m using all your videos for help keep it up pls!👍🏼
Dude awesome video everything explained into detail I was looking at starting a smart home LED project. You literally went into detail on how to do everything and what you used and worked. Congrats on getting your own place and awesome job on the renovations. Definitely will be buying products through you to support your channel! Only question I have is how many LED strips can run on that one power supply. Or how long can you run the strips on one power supply.
Great video, straightforward and simple! Hope to see the setup for your responsive tv lighting in the next one :)
Thanks!
Awesome, can't wait for more projects. Good to see the channel back.
Future stuff should be a lot more interesting. Thanks man.
Heyy I love your videos so far! I'm trying to get some lights going in my living room. You should put out a tutorial on set ups or something, I'd definitely support everything your doing man!
Super helpful! Looking forward to more videos to come
Oh finally, thx for this video! Keep doing these please. And great intro btw that shit cracked me up
Glad you enjoyed, thanks!
Been subscribed since your last set of videos, been waiting for that DIY ambilight for a while. Good to see you're back.
Ambilight is delayed as I only use it for PC. To have it on any HDMI input is a bit more complex. I'm working on it though. Thanks!
Love how straight forward the video is and how you explain everything detailed. (I'm not the smartest so that's a plus for me lol) Can't wait to see future projects and videos. Congrats on the new home too!
Hey thanks so much!!
Definitely worth the wait and see myself following all your instruction videos. I would love to see a video setting up a reactive ambilight specifically for an xbox and tv. I see a lot of videos for pc which I dont want and dreamscreen stopped making their product.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you, this is why I haven't done the ambilight video yet - I only use a PC. I am working on a simple solution to use it with your Xbox or and HDMI device but it takes a lot more time and brings up the cost/complexity unfortunately.
@@Coltography Hey man, great vid - really inspiring! Two questions though: living in the UK we have an earth cable in our power leads, does the WiFi controller you use cater for that? It didn't seem to. Secondly, any movement on a video for the ambilight solution without using PC? Have a PS4 I'd love to hook up to that. Cheers!
This channel is so epic. I’m definitely going to add some rgb led light strips to my room.
Thank you so much man praises from tx you save me in 2020 I'm chill now bra
I’m so happy to see you back man!!!
Dude that's pretty sweet, I just bought my first home and when renting my #1 complaint was that I couldn't deck my place out with lights and stuff. This will help me tremendously!!!
Thanks for the video. I'm working on a gaming den at the moment. I'm really interested in the TV as your set looks like it gets better results than some of the high end stuff I've seen.
Your vids are great! Cant wait for your tv backlight tutorial
Thanks!
Right. I like his direct approach and dry humour.
Need the ambilight tutorial as I have 0 knowledge experience with Arduino and all the tutorial that I've seen is either outdated or written and too hard for me to understand.
Stuck in home for 3 weeks now thanks to COVID and maybe it will be further extended! I need activity to keep me sane haha
Just found your Channel, This is awesome - thank for the info, il but a couple of these very soon !
This video was so helpful!! Thank you so much!!!
Fantastic video... Subscribed!
So for each set of LED strips you have a separate controller and power supply? Is there a way to daisy chain multiple LEDs if they are in the same area?
Also can you do a video of the TV color changing backlight based on what's on the TV?
THANKS!
Just what I needed. Thanks
Awesome RGB set up!
This is dope man! Definitely gonna us this to setup my home studio
Love your work!
I want to set up some outdoor lights for all year use...parties, Christmas, Halloween, etc.
How do you work out how many strips of LED's you can add together & what voltage/current is required to power them?
Would it possible to run this kind of set up through the Magic Home App you use?
Hey dude, really helpful video. Do you know if you can pair these with philips hue and or lifx bulbs
Great video man! I plan on doing a decked out place like u have in ur previous videos🙏🏼
Good im glad!!
just found your channel, great stuff so far, really want to know how you did your automated blinds
Thank you for this video, so much basic info for a novice like me coming in. Even the last nugget about mixing manufacturers will affect colors is appreciated.
Two questions, how do you choose the power adapter to power the controller?
Also is there any application where something like the Philips Hue Lightstrip would make sense over the bulk strips financially? It is currently on sale for 33% off at best buy website.
Love this video! Thank you for sharing
the first 30 seconds of this was the best thing ive ever seen LOL
I'm a huge LED fan and want my house completed decked out but have no idea how to work with the electrical wires and what type of equipment I need. This video definitely helped has a starter and will continue to watch more of your videos. You earned a sub today. Also, I would really love to know how you did your tv LED in your old apartment please and thank you.
Yesssss been waiting a year for this video
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Earned the sub ... Good job
Thanks so much for this video!
Great demonstration
Ima need this magic mirror project and the rest of your cool setups made into videos asap. I'll use all the amazon links you post to purchase bro.
Amazing stuff! Are you going to make a video showing how you backlit your TV with color matching the screens content?
Budget ambient awareness setup for TV please!
These are really cool, I was wondering, do you buy a new controller for every strip you have in a different areas? Also, a tutorial for the DIY ambilight and the PiHole would be awesome!
Thanks, and no you don't - you can screw more wires into the terminals to control multiple strips etc. You will however need a bigger power supply if youre adding a lot.
Great video and channel !! Will it work with a hue bridge ? 😃😃
Nice video. One question: Why did you cut the ferrite core off the PSU?
Thank you man,you explain everything in a simple way.I have a question though,can I add more than one rgb strip in one wifi controller?
Yep!
Just moved in to first apartment with my boyfriend and damn this is so inspiring! Definitely gonna make a similar setup here! Keep up the good videos! 😎🤙
Awesome!! And thanks for the follow on ig 🤙
Awesome tutorial man, thank you. Are all generic lighting strips dimmable using the "brightness" features of the Magic Home app? Even if the strips aren't advertised as "dimmable"?
Thank you! As far as I know, all LED strips should be dimmable... especially if they are 12volt DC. They may say "non dimmable" on the package, implying you can't plug them into a dimmer switch, which is true. It's like as if you plugged a phone charger into a dimmer, it just won't work.
Could you please show your infinity cube a little bit more in detail and most importantly how it looks if no leds are on
Maby even explain a little how you build it?
This would be a big help to me
would love to see more videos!
you sir.. are a god
Hey, been following you for a while.. good video, slowly been getting into RGB lighting. Are these controllers supported by IFTTT, or is there any way of enabling that? Thx in advanced!
Hey, yes they have ifttt just search up magic home!
@@Coltography Thanks! Appreciate the quick response. Keep it up, loving the videos!
Cool vid! MOARRR
man i think imma hire you in the future to do this stuff for me, your house looks fucking amazing
This deserves a like just for the smooth snap strip😂
Are there extension cables for the wire running from the controller to the rgb strip?
I want to run mine under the kitchen cabinets but I need to bridge two strips over the microwave.
How did you run yours over the kitchen island?
Would love a video on addressable leds 😉
Oh heck yes! This video tutorial was super well done compared to the LOUD VOICE TUTORIAL BROS so I'd love to see an IA-LED tutorial from Coltography too
Me too!
Yeah! That would be great!
I think they are addressable because of the small electronic chip between each LED. But not show with the app.
Would love to see a video with addressable LED like WS2812b or SK6812 and the controller for it.
Or maybe a video there has a RGB/WW/CW all in one, with a controller ...
Hi, this controller does rgbw/ww as well I just didn't mention it. Addressable LEDs are a bit harder for home automation and not as seemlessly unfortunately, but I'm working on it!
Perfect!!!! Now, how sincronized with movie?
So are the LEDs on your 3D printer just hooked up to the wifi controller and not the printer? Or are they hooked up to both somehow? I added LED strips to both my printers, and both are set up as status indicators, eg goes from blue to red when heating up, white while printing, green when finished.
Ultimately it's just a matter of preference for sure. I keep my printers in a separate room from my PC setup and they both have silent stepper drivers on them, but I am able to see the green glow down the hall when a print finishes, so for me the status LEDs are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. I can definitely see how that functionality might not really add much for some people though.
I'm also not familiar with Creality printers in general and how easy it may or may not be to add status LEDs, as both my printers were kits.
Not trying to bash anything by any means, just curious as to your thought process on that. I've been on a bit of an RGB kick lately, adding LED strips and bulbs wherever I can, so I've really enjoyed checking out your videos/setup. After seeing your LED logo video last night, I think that may be the next type of project I attempt, haha.
Just connected to a wifi controller. My printer has octoprint set up so it just sends my phone a notification and all the Philips hue bulbs in my house flash when a print completes :) thanks man!
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WAIT I FOUND YOU ON THIS VIDEO WTF WHATS UP BLENDZ
Can you use something more discrete to power the wifi adapter besides the power pack?
Can you explain how to cut and reconnect LED strips (how to go around corners)
Get corner adapter from amazon. Fairly cheap
You can just take some wire and soder them to each end of the led strip.
You could loop the LEDs
Quick question how many rolls of rgb lights can be plugged in to one power supply. Given that some of these rgb lights come with two rolls and one power supply would it mess up or possibly cause damage if say I would grab and extra roll of lights from another box and add it to a power supply that already has two rolls. Or should I split them up into different power supplies after a certain amount of feet? Not sure if I make sense but please correct me if I don’t.
Thats so sick, do you recommend a brand or a link to rgb led lights for about 32 ft long and around 20$ ?
Linked in description, just buy 2!
definitely gonna make my whole room rgb
Hmm i have an Idea, is it possible to have like PC, nanoleaf and hue lights all together in one command on google assistant so I can say like, "turn on gaming mode" and it would turn those on? Does that have something to do with the routines stuff? Sorry ik new to this 😅
Just discovered your channel and I've been working with led strips for awhile now, but I am dying to get the ambient light setup with the TV, how did you do that? I plan on making a video walk thru on my channel and ill be doing some woodworking projects, some car audio and some other automotive videos. Check out my random retail rants series if you get a chance. At any rate, great video, can't wait to see the auto ambient TV background light video!
Good day Sir👋
Is it possible to control my led lights outside my home and the other led lights inside my home?
I plan to buy two led wifi controller that will fit and work to magic home app.
In Magic home app, is there setting that will sync the two separate led wifi controller in different areas?
I mean the two led wifi controller are not near to each other.
I hope you notice my concern thank you Sir for this video review and tutorial Godbless ❤️👋
Could you make a video how you make work your philps switch with those lights :)
Please tell me how you did the dynamic lighting behind your tv. I’ve been trying to find a solution but they are either too expensive or use a hideous camera hanging from the tv.
Hi I was wondering how do you make the gaping between the spaces for the LEDs. Mind I wanna do the floating bed plus my window, how do you connect both at the same WiFi controller! I will really appreciate if you could make a video explaining that! I’m so excited to make my own smart room but still being a gray area for me ;)
Multiple controllers/led strip kits or just cut the strip, solder a 4 conductor wire long enough to reach next spot, and solder to the next piece of led strip you want there
Coltography wooooow makes totally sense now 🤯🤯🤯 thanks for your kick answer! I can’t wait for your next videos! A good idea for a next video can be how you made your floating bed or just showing how you set up! One more time, thanks that was really helpful.
Hallo good sir.
Very good video 👍
Do you have any idea how to connect these to a controller, like a switch of some sort?
Regards Magnus
Hello, these are a controller. They turn on/off and control color. Do you mean a light switch or something?
@@Coltography well yes, like a switch, si you can control it "local".
Hey man, was wondering if you could give a reason or make a video about why you don't use Philips Hue? Most youtubers with a similar RGB setup do, why do you not? Is it down to pricing or another reason?
Pricing and ability to customize better, with the hue stuff it would cost like 5-6x as much. I like to keep it cheap as possible. Also the hue stuff is kind of properietery and harder to customize if you want to beef up power supply or strip length etc
Hi man, loved your video it's helped me a lot but i have few questions...
If i have a RGBW or RGBWW led :
1) how I connect it to the WiFi Controller? Where I connect the white wire?
2) on the RGBW Remote i can turn on/off and dim the RGB and White light separately, how it will work on the app and does I be able to control both lights with google assistant?
Thank you a lot wait for your answer!
Hey, the controller I use here has a warm/cold white terminal for that. In the app, long tap the controller and select change remote type or whatever. Then change to rgbww or rgbcct which will utilize those white terminals. In Google / Alexa just say warm or bright white and it will go white or warm white depending on what you select. You can also just run a roll of white LEDs and hook up the positive to + on the controller and negative to the W terminal and use that along RGB led strips. Hope that helps
@@Coltography thank you a lot!
I liked immediately because of that pun and the laugh
I'm interested in how you did your ambient light for your tv
Hey can you make a tutorial on how you made that homemade ambilight please
Hey @Coltography. Is there any chance that this can start a fire? BTW love ur vids👊
Absolutely, any device can potentially catch fire. Always use extreme care when dealing with electrical devices
Ok thank you
Could you have a link for UK products many thanks
How do you link a couple together if you have 3 different strips
Could you please explain the advantage of using a different wi-fi controller versus using the one that comes with the light strip seen @0:47. Seems like a hassle to use a different controller which is why I'm asking, thank you!
Hey Brian,
The other controller only had a small remote control, like a tv remote. It won't connect to wifi etc, which is why I switched it out. You can buy kits with wifi controllers now that don't need wire cutting etc
Quick question. So I have a 7 little window i want to light up. One strip is probably enough light strip but it only comes with one power supply. So I take it I have to find 6 more power supplys and get 7 wifi connectors?
I want to learn how to do the tv thing that you did where every color on the screen matches to the rgb
Hi mate please help, i got the Govee light strips however i cannot connect the magic home pro app wifi my phone is not detecting the LED network. what can i do?
Try using a pin to reset the wifi controller and do it again. You'll need to hold the pin in the hole for a few seconds and then search for the network again
How often do you find yourself replacing your RGB LED strips? Do they fail often? I was thinking about the cheaper ones for my strips, then getting Phillips Hue or LIFX for the bulbs.
Only had them fail due to my own abuse, bending the wrong way or using them outside etc. I have had issues with addressable strips though since they have their own IC and everything, but that's a bit different. If you're looking for white/warm white with RGB just get cheap ones, Philips is a huge rip off
@@ColtographyThanks for the reply, man! I was thinking the same about the RGB strips. Do you at least recommend their bulbs for light fixtures and ceilings?
These are the ones that even without the automated stuff you added are compatible with voice and WiFi, so would I have to buy these or could I buy cheap ones and when I automate it would it be able to react to sound since it is connected to the magic home app?
You can buy cheap strips and use with that controller, yes, and add 5-6 rolls to it if you have bit enough power supply
Does this setup of LED lights and Wifi controller work with Homekit/Siri/Shortcuts of the iOS, is there any way you can do a video? I would love to purchase but want to make sure it works before I buy it all.
It works but you have to use home bridge or something, if you google magic home app + homekit you can find out more. I don't use apple stuff so can't really make a video
Alright that's helpful
great video
Thanks!
Coltagraphy can you use that app to create patterns with your led strips? And can you create recorded "shows" with multiple zones that play simultaneously?? Thanks!
Yes, but the zones would all need their own controller or the entire strip will just do the same thing. You can set up basic animations and customize it though
@@Coltography Awesome! Thanks!
Im fairly new to smart home and all of this stuff, is it possible to controll the wifi controller with a webinterface? I couldnt find a web api for the app
Can I connect 3×5m led light strip?
each 5m strip need 12V 5A 60W so 15m of led strip need 12V 15A 180W.
You think this device can handle this?
Can I use two strips w one controller (by using a y cable or by shoving the ends of 2 strips in to the WiFi controller)? Also can we get a video on the magic mirror?
Yes & yes
How about an inside & out RGB LED setup for cars?