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Check your power draw/currents too! The 5 volt LED strips want 100W which is 20 amps at 5 V. Most home wall-transformers will not provide that. Think laptop PSU or better with your step down.
For anyone interested in recreating this, read this first! Most power supplies with barrel connectors that you have lying around the house are not suitable for this project! Some of them may be 12V, some of them 19.5V. Plugging in your ESP32 or the WS2812b strip directly to anything higher than 5 volts without any step-down in between will for sure fry the microchip in no time. You should never, even for a minute or two, exceed the 5V current to the VIN pins for those devices. Even though these are not expensive, please read the information stickers on power supplies. Have a wonderful rest of the day!
@@hasbulla3167 Do you recommend running a separate power source for the ESP32 and only connecting the data line to the led’s if the led voltage is greater than the recommended voltage for the ESP?
I love that when you mention something which you know the audiance will want to know more about but have it prepared later in the video, you actually mention it! This makes focusing on what you're presenting a lot more easier, as I know that I don't have to remember to google something afterwards in case it's not being mentioned in the video! (long time subscriber, but wanted to compliment that quality of yours)
I've watched so many videos before finally happening across this one, and only now am I feeling remotely confident in installing my LEDs. You're a badass. Thank you so much for your simple and concise explanation!
This is top-notch quality content. Thank you for these clear and always up-to-date guides. I can't praise the quality enough, You clearly put in the work, Chris.
So glad you did another ESP32 video with WLED i am also currently working on a WLED project Video and i got stuck trying to set it all up this Video is Very Helpful Chris Thanks Also Happy New Year and all the best for 2024
I’ve recently got into doing stuff like this I’ve been doing cluster gauges and did my sons leds in his room and I’ve been looking for a good tutorial channel and I found it. Thank you this is gonna give me things to do to keep my mind occupied.
After watching this it gave me the confidence to make my own strip, which I've just done. Was an easy as the video suggests. Definitely will be doing more in the future I think, it's a fun little project and nowhere near as difficult as I thought it might be.
yooooo i was about 1,5 hours into arduino when i found your video. you answered all my questions and gave a quick alternative . Thumbs up, love it my car will look so riced out, i cant wait
Very well explained Chris! All the useful info in one place! Thanks to your tutorial I’m was able to configure my own ESP32 without spending hours researching on the internet.
Just got around to make this and got to say thanks for the detailed video Chris, worked a treat. Not sure if this was an issue when this video came out but downloading the drivers gives me an "Access denied" error so i had to use a different browser, hope this helps someone. Also, saw a few comments regarding USB-C ESP32's as opposed to micro-USB, it makes no difference, everything works as it should. I only set up 5m(300LEDs) for now, but plan to extend. Thanks again 💪
Make a video on wiring an individually addressable LED ring of lights. Or a grid plate of lights. Not a strip.
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Thanks for sharing this knowledge. Now I found a perfect way to fix our sealinglamp at the dining table. Will order a couple of esp32's for other projects I had planned. 👍
This is awesome, been wanting to switch over to wled for lighting projects but seemed like a lot to learn. This video definitely simplifies it. Do you have a recommendation for how you could better seal up the esp32 and wiring into a more finished package (like a 3d printed case with different wires that don't stick way out like those jumpers do from the board)? I feel like the main downside of this setup is you have a random control board and wiring + connectors just laying around on the floor or wherever.
Thanks so much for your tutorial! Got my Sk6812 Rgbw led strip running 😎 One thing that I countered: I connected my strip to an Esp8266 node mcu. At first it wasn't working, than I red in the WLED documentation that on the Esp8266 the D4 pin is GPIO2. So needed to switch the green wire to D4 and everything was working fine
If you plan on having multiple light strips (for example your game room where you had desk light and 2-3 separate shelf lighting) does each light strip have to have its own esp board and power supply? or is there a way to connect multiple strips to one power supply and board?
I fucking love smart home lighting esp rgb stuff. I have a 22ft x 11ft cloud ceiling in my game room. I’ve been dying to do diy tech stuff for so long. And honestly I’m going to start with lights 110% because of your videos that I’ve been watching for the past year +. THANK YOU for all the time and effort you put in to your content. It’s fantastic and so god damn informative. THANKS AGAIN!
Your channel is really helping me out and giving me some great ideas. What is the advantage of a COB led strip vs a strip of SK6812? How are they different?
This is a great getting started guide! I have a few follow-upquestions. I'd like to install toe kick led lighting in my kitchen. Since I wont be directly seeing the lights, should I still get a diffuser? Should I get a flat or V-shaped diffuser? I have some corners around my cabinet that I need to address. Whats the best way of handling the light strips for these corners? I need 6.6 meters of LED strips. These are sold in 5M lengths. How can I join them together? If I cut the 2nd strip to length, is the rest of the strip still usable?
Great video. Very informative, especially on what all the different types of strips on Ali Express and the like mean. Only thing I’d say is be careful when doing videos like this and be sure to put very obvious and clear disclaimers and be very clear with instructions. I didn’t hear anything about unplugging the power supply before cutting off the barrel connector. I know it should be obvious to anybody that would attempt this and in the US we use 120v and that won’t kill you unless you’ve got a bad heart already, but if somebody in the UK tries this with 240v that could end differently. The last thing you want is somebody shocking themselves and then filing a lawsuit against you. Keep up the great instructional videos, just make sure to protect yourself from liability from idiots on the internet!
Amazing video! Can you possibly give notes or make a short on how to hide the power supply and board as you did? It looks like some of the strips are isolated, where are the cables?
Hi! Thank you for your videos! I have used them in many projects already around the house! My question for you and anyone else is, What do you put your ESP32 board in? I assume some sort of 3D printer box or container?
Chris, thanks for the very informative videos. I have been following and watching for some time and decided to take the leap into the DIY led projects. I have been following this video to the letter, but I am stuck. After switching back to my home network and opening the app to discover I keep getting the no lights found display. Double-checked network credentials, and everything looks good, and the led strip is lit. Any suggestions or ever experienced this? Thanks again for the great videos
Really, really good... right up to the point where you forgot to tell people about the voltage the power supply needs to be.. it must be 5V. Also you should have a resistor on the data line and capacitor across the power lines
Chris Maher since you are the master of this craft what is the limitations when running strips ? Max length before signal loss or voltage drop or power ect ? How many strips can run off one board ect? Thanks
Usually most 'beginner' type videos always gloss over basic details (the details that beginners have yet to learn) and are not really informative. This video however is an excellent starting point for those looking to get into the world of WLED, thank you!
Thank you for this valuable information, do u have any videos on how you would go about powering longer lengths or multiple lengths of these led strips?
Looks great! I’m looking at putting something like this on a machine that changes colour depending on machine state. Can the inputs on the arduino be programmed to change the lighting pattern?
Love the video, thank you Chris! If my LED location (hallway) is a good distance from power (say 30-40ft) how much power loss would you get running the power to the strips over that distance?
I'm new to the whole area with WLED and microcontrollers. bought an ESP 32 and installed the WLED software (works perfectly) but have a different pin name ( 5:53 ). Are there any instructions on which pin which cable of the LED strip should be Connected to?
Great video thanks you. Wanted to do this for a long time but never felt I could do this. Beginners question. Do you need 1 controller per led strip?Or did I miss something.
Ever thought making a video showing how these LEDs can be used for professional lighting applications? Being able to control them through dmx, pixelmapping, or artnet capabilities?
No problem. Just saw the “Jesus Loves You” wifi name and thought it would be a good video for churches. I am a pastor who works in the production field in churches and have used LED tape in the past for stage designs and what not.
Chris love the channel. I was wonder if you have a solution for a WLED control that I can add an RF controller to control everything to control SK6812. Thank you.
🤔 when you power the led strip directly do you still need the red/white wires from the esp32 to the strip? Seems like you could remove them in that case. I wonder if there might be an issue with the higher voltage leaking back to the esp32 and frying it.
there is something like this i believe: The green data wire works like a red (+)one, it transfers data from esp to led, so you would need a GND wire to make it work, i am not sure if what i said is 100% correct tho
@@ilkehaan 🤔 I can't recall off hand. There are many vids here on it. I happened across ResinChem Tech and he has a nice vid showing the setup. I have it saved so when my pack of esp32 come in I can follow along. 😁
Thanks for watching! If you power the led strips directly you still need the red and white wires from the esp to the strip. The red wire is how the esp device gets its power and the white wire is the ground which has to be shared for everything to work. if you power the led strips directly and you want to use a micro USB to power the esp, then you can remove the red wire from the esp to the strip but would still need the white. Hope that helps!
I'm considering getting into this once I move house, but I was thinking of going with COB for general room lighting due to the better CRI, with 100 led/m for accents cause I like things to be as smooth as possible within reason. You commented in the video on the power requirements, so my question is if this is with the electricity bill in mind, or if there is something else like difficulty finding a power supply that can handle it or similar?
Hi Chris, when you use the power supply directly to the red and white injection wires and not to the ESP32 board, are you still able to control the lights? Does the ESP32 need it's own power in order to control changing the effects or color? I hope that makes sense. Thanks for any help you can provide!
Awesome Video, 1 thing I'm confused about is how do you add multiple strips to a single controller? or would you need a controller per strip? then manage them all in signal?
question: I bought same ESP32 chip but I used 12V SK6812 (after reading on 5v-12V-24V I decided to go with 12V LEd & power supply for long run). How can I make it work during the WLED process?
Thank you for educating us. If I want to install 3 individual led strips in a ceiling (each about 15’ in length) and I want each strip to do the exact same thing, do I wire them in parallel, in series or should each strip be individually wired back to the controller? (and I’m talking about individual addressable led strips).
Great video! Do you know about security in the WLED app? Since you are entering your wifi password to connect the lights, any way to add extra security to prevent possibility of someone getting home wifi password?
I’m watching this entire playlist, I’m trying to figure out if any of this information can help me basically create a DIY underglow kit (opposed ti just buying a generic premade kit) as well as some interior and trunk RGB LED trips and have it all being controlled in sync together on a 12v system.
Hi Chris Watched an earlier video of yours and got a bit confused as to why my leds where still flickering. After some digging about it turned out to be the length of the signal wires I used. I tried hooking my speakers and tv to one esp device and used long 1mm cables. Not the right way. You can use the skip the first led and solder in a single led to boost the signal but I still think it’s better to use a signal booster if your going to do it this way. Thanks for all the great info and maybe this is something you can expand on or explain in a diffrent video. Thanks
Hi Chris another good video I am still getting to grip with everything I am looking at using about 1000 leds using the music controlled esp32 and a mic I be of course will need a good extra power supply but my question is can wled and one esp32 handle 1000 leds
Do you recommend running a separate power source for the ESP32 and only connecting the data line to the led’s if the led voltage is greater than the recommended voltage for the ESP?
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Working on a simple project atm using your info. I just have 2 question. When adding a more beefy psu you dont have to connect the micro usb? This is power through the psu? And how do you know the limit on the MA. Is there a calculation or do you always take a bit less than the psu can supply?
Thanks for the really helpful video! Would this work with something like the Govee outdoor string lights 2? I’m looking to add some wow to marquee letter I’m building.
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Check your power draw/currents too! The 5 volt LED strips want 100W which is 20 amps at 5 V. Most home wall-transformers will not provide that. Think laptop PSU or better with your step down.
For anyone interested in recreating this, read this first!
Most power supplies with barrel connectors that you have lying around the house are not suitable for this project! Some of them may be 12V, some of them 19.5V.
Plugging in your ESP32 or the WS2812b strip directly to anything higher than 5 volts without any step-down in between will for sure fry the microchip in no time. You should never, even for a minute or two, exceed the 5V current to the VIN pins for those devices. Even though these are not expensive, please read the information stickers on power supplies.
Have a wonderful rest of the day!
Do you recommend plugging the esp 32 separately and only running the data line to the led’s
What about powering the 5v leds with 19,5v?
@@hasbulla3167 Do you recommend running a separate power source for the ESP32 and only connecting the data line to the led’s if the led voltage is greater than the recommended voltage for the ESP?
@@julianchristopher4932 Using a dedicated phone charger for the esp shouldn't be a problem.
But, is it really a problem running the leds at 5 Volt?
@@julianchristopher4932 you would need a common ground or common live to the microcontroller for the LEDS to take in the data
I love that when you mention something which you know the audiance will want to know more about but have it prepared later in the video, you actually mention it! This makes focusing on what you're presenting a lot more easier, as I know that I don't have to remember to google something afterwards in case it's not being mentioned in the video!
(long time subscriber, but wanted to compliment that quality of yours)
I've watched so many videos before finally happening across this one, and only now am I feeling remotely confident in installing my LEDs. You're a badass. Thank you so much for your simple and concise explanation!
This is top-notch quality content. Thank you for these clear and always up-to-date guides. I can't praise the quality enough, You clearly put in the work, Chris.
So glad you did another ESP32 video with WLED i am also currently working on a WLED project Video and i got stuck trying to set it all up this Video is Very Helpful Chris Thanks
Also Happy New Year and all the best for 2024
Thanks Chris. I'm just about to start getting into the LED game and this helps a lot
You are very welcome! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
I’ve recently got into doing stuff like this I’ve been doing cluster gauges and did my sons leds in his room and I’ve been looking for a good tutorial channel and I found it. Thank you this is gonna give me things to do to keep my mind occupied.
After watching this it gave me the confidence to make my own strip, which I've just done. Was an easy as the video suggests. Definitely will be doing more in the future I think, it's a fun little project and nowhere near as difficult as I thought it might be.
yooooo i was about 1,5 hours into arduino when i found your video. you answered all my questions and gave a quick alternative . Thumbs up, love it
my car will look so riced out, i cant wait
Very well explained Chris! All the useful info in one place! Thanks to your tutorial I’m was able to configure my own ESP32 without spending hours researching on the internet.
After watching this guide a ton, I finally found a project for this. Set up was a breeze. Thanks!
Just got around to make this and got to say thanks for the detailed video Chris, worked a treat. Not sure if this was an issue when this video came out but downloading the drivers gives me an "Access denied" error so i had to use a different browser, hope this helps someone. Also, saw a few comments regarding USB-C ESP32's as opposed to micro-USB, it makes no difference, everything works as it should. I only set up 5m(300LEDs) for now, but plan to extend. Thanks again 💪
THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD. Thank you!
This was exactly the video I needed! Thank you!
Broski, great tutorial, very easy to follow! Thanks and keep up the good work
This so specified! unless something changes with the software there is no room for errors. Thank you that was so easy.
As far the best video about setup WLED for beginner I have never seen
Hope that you had yourself a wonderful Christmas Chris?
Happy New Year my friend.
Thanks as always buddy! Hope you had a great Christmas as well!
Awesome! Would love a guide on tidying the whole system up and also how to connect and sync with google home and amazon alexa home
Thanks brother you made it easy to understand and i wil do so as you show
Make a video on wiring an individually addressable LED ring of lights. Or a grid plate of lights. Not a strip.
Thanks for sharing this knowledge.
Now I found a perfect way to fix our sealinglamp at the dining table. Will order a couple of esp32's for other projects I had planned. 👍
Just want to say thanks chris this video helpt alot .
This is an excellent guide and one that I certainly plan on using in the New Year. 👌🏻
Thank you so much Chris. 🙏🏻
This is awesome, been wanting to switch over to wled for lighting projects but seemed like a lot to learn. This video definitely simplifies it. Do you have a recommendation for how you could better seal up the esp32 and wiring into a more finished package (like a 3d printed case with different wires that don't stick way out like those jumpers do from the board)? I feel like the main downside of this setup is you have a random control board and wiring + connectors just laying around on the floor or wherever.
You are the best!
It's precisely what has been happening to me. Why does everyone assume I know the basics and need some advanced stuff??
Your gaming room is gorgeous! Amazing job, very sleek and pretty ❤
Thanks so much for your tutorial! Got my Sk6812 Rgbw led strip running 😎 One thing that I countered: I connected my strip to an Esp8266 node mcu. At first it wasn't working, than I red in the WLED documentation that on the Esp8266 the D4 pin is GPIO2. So needed to switch the green wire to D4 and everything was working fine
If you plan on having multiple light strips (for example your game room where you had desk light and 2-3 separate shelf lighting) does each light strip have to have its own esp board and power supply? or is there a way to connect multiple strips to one power supply and board?
multiple strips can be connected to one board, and you can either mirror the effect or have the chip treat it as a separate LED strip
You can connect the data cable to another data pin on the board
I fucking love smart home lighting esp rgb stuff. I have a 22ft x 11ft cloud ceiling in my game room. I’ve been dying to do diy tech stuff for so long. And honestly I’m going to start with lights 110% because of your videos that I’ve been watching for the past year +. THANK YOU for all the time and effort you put in to your content. It’s fantastic and so god damn informative. THANKS AGAIN!
Thank you so much for breaking this down
Thank you. I wish everyone could keep it that simple 👍🏻
Amazing video. Thank you!
OMFG, your gaming room is killer. I sooooo looove it.
Best wishes from the U.K Chris!!! Always great content Bud👍👌
Thanks so much! Appreciate the support!
Your channel is really helping me out and giving me some great ideas. What is the advantage of a COB led strip vs a strip of SK6812? How are they different?
Love the videos I’d love a guide for outdoor leds, precautions to take how connect them with gaps
This is a great getting started guide! I have a few follow-upquestions. I'd like to install toe kick led lighting in my kitchen. Since I wont be directly seeing the lights, should I still get a diffuser? Should I get a flat or V-shaped diffuser? I have some corners around my cabinet that I need to address. Whats the best way of handling the light strips for these corners? I need 6.6 meters of LED strips. These are sold in 5M lengths. How can I join them together? If I cut the 2nd strip to length, is the rest of the strip still usable?
Great video. Very informative, especially on what all the different types of strips on Ali Express and the like mean. Only thing I’d say is be careful when doing videos like this and be sure to put very obvious and clear disclaimers and be very clear with instructions. I didn’t hear anything about unplugging the power supply before cutting off the barrel connector. I know it should be obvious to anybody that would attempt this and in the US we use 120v and that won’t kill you unless you’ve got a bad heart already, but if somebody in the UK tries this with 240v that could end differently. The last thing you want is somebody shocking themselves and then filing a lawsuit against you. Keep up the great instructional videos, just make sure to protect yourself from liability from idiots on the internet!
I love your videos, it has helped me with so many projects…thank you so much! Love from India ❤️
Great introduction, thank you very much!
What a fantastic video bro. Thank you
Amazing video! Can you possibly give notes or make a short on how to hide the power supply and board as you did? It looks like some of the strips are isolated, where are the cables?
Always love your videos! You have any luck getting an ESP32 to work with DMX?
I'll be wiring up under cabinet lighting for my mom in October before doing my own pantry and closets and TV area in my house.
Hi! Thank you for your videos! I have used them in many projects already around the house!
My question for you and anyone else is, What do you put your ESP32 board in? I assume some sort of 3D printer box or container?
This was so helpful! thank you!!!!!
I love you, i allways get exited when i see your new video, keep going❤
Nice, thankyou. fyi if you are using a seperate psu for the led strip you don't need the red/+ to esp32 just the data and gnd/-.
Chris, thanks for the very informative videos. I have been following and watching for some time and decided to take the leap into the DIY led projects.
I have been following this video to the letter, but I am stuck. After switching back to my home network and opening the app to discover I keep getting the no lights found display. Double-checked network credentials, and everything looks good, and the led strip is lit. Any suggestions or ever experienced this? Thanks again for the great videos
Wow that's a great room setup!
Really, really good... right up to the point where you forgot to tell people about the voltage the power supply needs to be.. it must be 5V.
Also you should have a resistor on the data line and capacitor across the power lines
Chris Maher since you are the master of this craft what is the limitations when running strips ? Max length before signal loss or voltage drop or power ect ? How many strips can run off one board ect? Thanks
Great Beginners Guide Chris! Do you have any video with big 60A power supply for big projects? Is it too complex to connect?
Usually most 'beginner' type videos always gloss over basic details (the details that beginners have yet to learn) and are not really informative. This video however is an excellent starting point for those looking to get into the world of WLED, thank you!
I’m more confused after watching this video. He didn’t explain anything.
@@Shankeysmoe25 it’s a good starting point! Watch and read up on it more and you’ll get the hang of it
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Thanks! Appreciate the love and hope all is well!
Thank you for this valuable information, do u have any videos on how you would go about powering longer lengths or multiple lengths of these led strips?
Very nice! good job! 🤩
Looks great! I’m looking at putting something like this on a machine that changes colour depending on machine state. Can the inputs on the arduino be programmed to change the lighting pattern?
Would be nice to have a guide about how to set maximum current depending on the setup
Love the video, thank you Chris!
If my LED location (hallway) is a good distance from power (say 30-40ft) how much power loss would you get running the power to the strips over that distance?
I'm new to the whole area with WLED and microcontrollers.
bought an ESP 32 and installed the WLED software (works perfectly) but have a different pin name ( 5:53 ). Are there any
instructions on which pin which cable of the LED strip should be Connected to?
Great video thanks you. Wanted to do this for a long time but never felt I could do this. Beginners question. Do you need 1 controller per led strip?Or did I miss something.
God bless you, Chris!
Very nice video. Do we need the diffuser channels or can we also use the strip without them?
Thanks for watching! You don't need a diffuser channel. Just depends on what look you're going for!
Ever thought making a video showing how these LEDs can be used for professional lighting applications? Being able to control them through dmx, pixelmapping, or artnet capabilities?
I'll have to add that to the long list of video ideas I have! Thanks for the recommendation!
No problem. Just saw the “Jesus Loves You” wifi name and thought it would be a good video for churches. I am a pastor who works in the production field in churches and have used LED tape in the past for stage designs and what not.
Chris love the channel. I was wonder if you have a solution for a WLED control that I can add an RF controller to control everything to control SK6812. Thank you.
How many of those controllers can u use at once all together on different strips
🤔 when you power the led strip directly do you still need the red/white wires from the esp32 to the strip? Seems like you could remove them in that case. I wonder if there might be an issue with the higher voltage leaking back to the esp32 and frying it.
there is something like this i believe: The green data wire works like a red (+)one, it transfers data from esp to led, so you would need a GND wire to make it work, i am not sure if what i said is 100% correct tho
@@ilkehaan 🤔 I can't recall off hand. There are many vids here on it. I happened across ResinChem Tech and he has a nice vid showing the setup. I have it saved so when my pack of esp32 come in I can follow along. 😁
Thanks for watching! If you power the led strips directly you still need the red and white wires from the esp to the strip. The red wire is how the esp device gets its power and the white wire is the ground which has to be shared for everything to work. if you power the led strips directly and you want to use a micro USB to power the esp, then you can remove the red wire from the esp to the strip but would still need the white. Hope that helps!
@@ChrisMaherDIY oh yeah duh forgot to mention that. 🤦🏻♂️ 🤣
I'm considering getting into this once I move house, but I was thinking of going with COB for general room lighting due to the better CRI, with 100 led/m for accents cause I like things to be as smooth as possible within reason. You commented in the video on the power requirements, so my question is if this is with the electricity bill in mind, or if there is something else like difficulty finding a power supply that can handle it or similar?
Hi Chris, when you use the power supply directly to the red and white injection wires and not to the ESP32 board, are you still able to control the lights? Does the ESP32 need it's own power in order to control changing the effects or color? I hope that makes sense. Thanks for any help you can provide!
Nice video, FYI when I cut my power supply wire, White went to Red and Black when to White.
Awesome Video, 1 thing I'm confused about is how do you add multiple strips to a single controller? or would you need a controller per strip? then manage them all in signal?
question: I bought same ESP32 chip but I used 12V SK6812 (after reading on 5v-12V-24V I decided to go with 12V LEd & power supply for long run). How can I make it work during the WLED process?
Thank you for educating us. If I want to install 3 individual led strips in a ceiling (each about 15’ in length) and I want each strip to do the exact same thing, do I wire them in parallel, in series or should each strip be individually wired back to the controller? (and I’m talking about individual addressable led strips).
Want to do this outdoors on my house for holiday lights. Need to combine two or three separate strips is that possible
Great video! Do you know about security in the WLED app? Since you are entering your wifi password to connect the lights, any way to add extra security to prevent possibility of someone getting home wifi password?
Finally I understand it hahaha thank you
Can you add input from sensors, such as if a button is clicked the lights will do a specific effect?
hello do you have a separate microcontroller for each of your LEDs?
Hi Chris. How did you frame the LEDS around the shelf..?
And is this all done using one controller?😊
I’m watching this entire playlist, I’m trying to figure out if any of this information can help me basically create a DIY underglow kit (opposed ti just buying a generic premade kit) as well as some interior and trunk RGB LED trips and have it all being controlled in sync together on a 12v system.
Hey Chris Maher what is the difference between the Micro and C type ESP32 and what exact option are you using here and like the best ?
Well he used a micro usb cable so with some thinking skills you could work out that the ESP32 would have the micro usb port
Can you please tell me how to add a 5V relay to this setup?
I"m so glad you made this video. I really want to try this. Is there a way to connect the to smart home assistant like Alexa?
Hi Chris
Watched an earlier video of yours and got a bit confused as to why my leds where still flickering. After some digging about it turned out to be the length of the signal wires I used. I tried hooking my speakers and tv to one esp device and used long 1mm cables. Not the right way. You can use the skip the first led and solder in a single led to boost the signal but I still think it’s better to use a signal booster if your going to do it this way. Thanks for all the great info and maybe this is something you can expand on or explain in a diffrent video. Thanks
Hi Chris another good video I am still getting to grip with everything I am looking at using about 1000 leds using the music controlled esp32 and a mic I be of course will need a good extra power supply but my question is can wled and one esp32 handle 1000 leds
can you provide the link for the barrel alone? or any alternatives that support 10a
Can you use 12v led strips as well?
Is this safe for 24/7 use? No Fuse or anything else needed?
Do you recommend running a separate power source for the ESP32 and only connecting the data line to the led’s if the led voltage is greater than the recommended voltage for the ESP?
when using the 5 -24v version, are the lights brighter at 24V?
Is this the same way if using a mains light to turn on and off?
Fantastic video. I liked and subscribed. I will check out the rest of your content. Thank
you.
If you run the strip using the heavy voltage, does the voltage backwards run the WLED circuit board?
Thanks for the awesome tutorial! Working on a simple project atm using your info. I just have 2 question. When adding a more beefy psu you dont have to connect the micro usb? This is power through the psu? And how do you know the limit on the MA. Is there a calculation or do you always take a bit less than the psu can supply?
Is this power supply sufficient to fully supply the entire strip?
So you would say 5V 10-15A supply would be enough for the 5M 300LED model?
Thanks for the really helpful video! Would this work with something like the Govee outdoor string lights 2? I’m looking to add some wow to marquee letter I’m building.