Transform Any Room With These DIY Smart LED Strip Lights!

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Our kitchen has just recently been renovated and while there are a few minor things to be done, I couldn't wait to add some Smart LED Lighting using some individually addressable RGBW strips, some ESP32s and some open source software called WLED - in this video I take you through and show you exactly how I created some beautiful smart home lighting!

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Things we need
4:10 - Coway Sponsor
5:50 - Installing LED strips
9:40 - Making our LED lights smart
10:06 - Finishing touches
10:40 - Finding & solving an issue

[EverythingSmartHome]

What d'ya think of all this RGB?!😎 Lemme know if you're planning to do this project or have a similar one of your own!

[espressomatic]

Here's a tip, do all the LED work BEFORE mounting the channel. When you finally mount, the LED and all connectors should already be part of your channel assembly. You ideally want the whole thing to be modular and easy to replace parts of if needed down the road - without having to tear everything out and redo all the hard work. I get paid to do this kind of thing for other people, so easy serviceability makes my life easier if some component dies. Use connectors & wire between assemblies. Mind the total amperage and wire gauge when going long. You have voltage drop (which you saw) but also heat, which can easily melt the wire insulation and even the connectors if they're not adequate. Wiring in the middle of a long run can be an option depending on the lights being used.

[pcruz]

Next video WLED Home Assistant integration :) and maybe a PIR on the other gpio of the diguno for autolighting as well. 👍 project!

[PierreLeroy]

And here it is I did my cabinet. CCT light strip without wled (cause not supported) but work directly in home assistant. Work perfectly! Thank you for the tutoriel on this !

[LordPandemic]

Good video! A tip about power distribution... Although the data for the LEDs are directional, data isn't. Assuming you have one power supply for each set of cabinets, you could position your power supply in between your upper and lower strips. So the data wire would look like this DigUno > Upper LEDs > Lower LEDs and the power wires would looks like this: Upper LEDS < Power Supply > Lower LEDs. If you're also powering the DigUno from the same PSU, just run another, separate wire from the PSU to the DigUno.

[benjaminolds]

Thanks for the guide. This is the first WIFE-REQUESTED smart home feature so far! Woo hoo! My cabinets seem to be longer than yours (no innuendo implied) so I like your suggestion for the 12 volt strips. I'd love to see a video where you implement that suggestion (and the materials involved) and where you integrate that into Home Assistant. Thanks for all that you do!

[FaKePT]

Great video! YES to the more in depth video about WLED! Cheers!

[groto]

Awesome job! I am a huge fan of Quindor's controllers. I use a Dig-Quad for a smart Christmas tree with WLED and a Dig-Uno for smaller projects... and of course WLED and it's integration into Home Assistant is awesome :D

[anotherledfreak]

Been using wled for ages. Have kids bedroom lights, kitchen, even numbers outside my house. All linked to HA and have scripts running sequences via automations. Transfered the routines from Alexa to HA with little effort and use aqara motion detectors in the kitchen and living room to control the Wled drivers.

[clairerovic]

Love it, always hang out for you videos. So you know I really enjoyed the style where you moved through the whole project and sliced out the boring details.

[pangit]

I have a similar kitchen setup with plain white LEDs under the cabinets. They are controlled with a Sonoff integrated into HA but I like the idea of replacing them with a more fancy RGBW setup for full WLED bling!

[Tman]

Awesome and timely video! And yes, I would love to see more of the WLED configuration, for how you set it up with the two independent strips and modules, yet have a sequence that brings both sides together.
Also, I saw you cut those two wires...they are not needed?

[dpsfitness]

This looks great! I think I want to do this now. I have the same set up! I think you should do that full WLED guide. 😊 thanks as always!

[AlexeiWatson]

Idea: energy monitoring on each outlet/Appliance under the lights and automatically lighting up that area of the bench while it's in use.

[calebjpryor]

I'd suggest you power the diguno with a phone charger style plug. Then put a relay inline of the 5V larger power supplies and the dig uno. That way when it's not running lights it turns off the power hungry larger power supplies. The diguno and WLED support the relay feature natively and when you say to turn on the lights it'll turn on the relay and turn on the large power supplies seamlessly. Saves you power when the system is idle.

[geek]

Super nice and detailed video, thanks for sharing!
I would like to see more of these videos and also have you are planning to get them integrated into Home Assistant :)

[robinbanks]

Great video however there are a couple of points, the first is that the transformer should be in a enclosure as you can still touch the live terminals and the 240v cable is only single insulated as you removed the outer sheathing. The second is that with this setup the transformer is on all the time regardless of if the lights are on or not, a better solution is to use a Sonoff basic with WLED, the Sonoff is able to switch the transformer on and off and control the LED strip - saves spending money on a 30A transformer being on all the time!

[BCKammen]

So thank you. I was looking at both the LED's and that controller about 2 days ago for use in my HA. And then you did this video. I have to admit that every part you mention as you talked about it, I had to laugh because it was the same justification I was using for that part. Just great minds and perfect timing.

[StuartRobinson]

I’ve just received all the components to solder up my own digUnos so very welcome video. I’ll be doing the same thing over the next few weeks

[HATipsByLarry]

Been using wled now for a long time just use a D1 mini and 3d printed cases. Love how HA auto discovered them when i switched to it. Air Cookie's WLED firmware is great. Thanks for the video looks nice and clean. Great video