DIY LED Tube Light Fixtures for $35

In this video, I show you how I built my RGB LED tube lights. They are low cost, have tons of effects thanks to the WLED software, and can be controlled over WiFi. I set them up to be controlled in the Apple Home app through Home Assistant running on a Raspberry Pi!
Blog post: hackbatch.com/library/diy-tub...
This was a fun project but there were some tricky things to figure out
I recommend using an ESP32 Dev Board with a 5V regulator so you can power the board directly from a 5V power supply which you will need anyway to power the LED strip.
RESOURCES:
I was inspired by and followed the build instructions for the tube from this video by Wittech:
• DIY RGB Light Tube The...
I followed this WLED setup and wiring tutorial by Chris Maher:
• How To Install WLED on...
Home Assistant Software:
www.home-assistant.io/
UDP Control Function in Python:
github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/is...
MATERIALS:
LED strip: www.amazon.com/dp/B09PBJ92FV?...
Power supply:
www.amazon.com/dp/B078RXZM4C?...
Connectors:
www.amazon.com/dp/B06XGYXVXR?...
ESP-32 (you can get cheaper ones but these worked for me):
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B19KRPRC?...
Tube guard:
www.lowes.com/pd/Lithonia-Lig...

[@gearscodeandfire]

Dude this is exactly what I needed- I have been using WLED for three or four years now, but I never realized it had a pretty accessible python interface. Great vid

[@hackbatch]

Thanks! I plan on messing around more with the real-time interface with python for some more experiments too. Good luck!

[@rebelbox3073]

Is it possible to make that dmx ?

[@hackbatch]

I think WLED has DMX support with additional hardware and has Art net support as well