How to Easily Control Addressable LEDs with an ESP32 or ESP8266 | WLED Project

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WLED is the greatest way to add IoT connectivity to fully addressable LEDs like WS2812B strips, GlowBit Modules or NeoPixels. Filled to the brim with customisable light shows and fully open-source, it really feels like magic ✨🔮 No Coding Necessary!

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This is all about controlling Fully Addressable LED Lights using any Espressif ESP32 or ESP8266 Development Board and your mobile Phone all through WIFI! All possible by WLED Project. Now I have used Raspberry Pi full-sized computers to control fully addressable LED before (mainly because of previous lack of great software/knowledge to work with ESP32 Development Boards) but Raspberry Pi's are so much more than a simple addressable LED controller, they are full-on computers. So when it comes to a single addressable LED strip that you want to be good to go 24/7 but not necessarily be shining LED light everywhere all the time ESP32 are perfect for this application in regards to the much lower current draw (particularly when dormant), ease of power-cycling and significantly cheaper installation. Plus it will work with any NeoPixel or GlowBit Matrix. Replicating the patterns I create would be significantly harder to code from first principles than it is just to use this brilliant WLED App.

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0:00 Intro
0:16 What Dev Board to Use
0:38 App Download Locations
0:44 Hardware You Need
1:29 Installation Process
2:20 Providing WIFI Details
2:37 Connecting Board to the WLED App
3:22 WLED App First Steps
3:55 Connecting LED Strip to Board
4:25 Not Getting Light? Do This
4:46 Success!
4:58 Exploring the WLED App
6:35 Creating a Custom Light Show
7:00 GlowBit Module Control
7:26 Outro

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[GermainStaquet]

Note that WLED hosts its own web server on the chip itself, so the app is not even required. Just a web browser is enough.

[cac]

I spent 8 hours trying to get ESP32 working via Arduino IDE and Blynk (POS) and never lit up and just got working thanks to your video and WLED

[JustPlainRob]

YO.

I just wanted to say an incredibly huge THANK YOU. I've never heard of this until now and it just saved me *literal hours* of coding my own button controller page and patterns for a project. The app is solid (but crashes when I try to autodiscover the LED boards - no worries, the manual add works fine) and the firmware it puts on the board is basically perfect. I will never not be impressed with how fantastic of a web server you can run on an $8 uController board.

[diogoalmeida]

Everything went well, very efficient, and very good control of the LEDs and everything else. I recommend many to use

[garynicholas]

You are a GOD! Ive been trying to get power to my LED strip for around 13 hours now. "CHANGE THE DATA PIN TO NUMBER 4". Thank you so much for your troubleshooting advice. If only I watched your video earlier. Awesome!!

[CalmingAnxiety]

Awesome, Just what I needed to see. I have been trying to build a prototype for my first physical product and I think you have just given me the final piece of the puzzle.

[erikr.johansen]

You are an absolute NATURAL at this, the dictation, the dedication and last but not least Your positive nature, give the vewers the urge to follow You in Your experiments...

[maurocamacho]

I was trying to make like 30 effects without knowing how to code and i was having a hard time doing it.
You saved me from spending who knows how many hours trying to do that.
THANK YOU.

[MegaBlox_YT]

Thanks for the tour guys! I got to see this set in person and how everything it packed and shipped and created thanks so much ⭐️

[coltonbrunson]

Thanks bro. Been doing months of research on LEDs. This helped tie up a few loose ends in my brain!

[borisbadinov]

Thanks so much for this. I was able to get going in minutes with great results. Subscribed!

[whatsupwithsteve]

Oh man I can't wait to start experimenting with this!!! Thanks for the great video and you can bet I'll be back with plenty of questions..:)

[carlknowles]

This was a great video. Installed app and software and had working in minutes. This is good cos I no longer have to go outside to turn of my lights.

[MegaBlox_YT]

I would love to customise my room with leds this is definitely the way to go 🔥

[Musicman-]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial. You are very gifted at what you're doing here. I hope you will make more of these types of tutorials. 👍😎

[ralphm]

I followed some instructions to make an Infinity Cube using LED strips and one of these controllers. It's currently programmed to run one of the multi-color patterns during the day, then a different pattern with dim red LEDs from 11pm-8am. It's a decoration during the day and a nightlight overnight.

[dassvijayankumar]

Your videos really inspires me and I liked it very much. Thank you very much.

[shway]

THANK YOU YOU ARE A LIFESAVER!!!! I was having so much trouble trying to figure out how to get my lights to turn on and I realized I didn't have my GPIO set to the right number haha

[xdingxyb]

THANK YOU..for the life of me couldnt figure out why the LEDs wasnt turning on, and your suggestion to check the GPIO output saved me a headache. thank ya thank ya.

[hvtgiim]

Your videos inspire me a lot and are very useful