How To Install WLED on an ESP32 Board and Connect / Control Addressable LEDs
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I cannot get WLED installed on the ESP32. I am not tech savvy at all. After I download the driver do I just hit install again? Or do I have to do something with the driver I just downloaded?
Damn, this video along with the soldering guide are so well made, you managed to convince me to give it a shot. Pre built LED kits cost insane money and don't offer the same versatility...
Awesome tutorials
Hands down one of the best UA-camrs for your LED needs. Thanks for the tutorial Chris!
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the support buddy! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!!
shame they dont work lol
Thank you so much for your videos, not only are they very informative but you're presentation, instructions and overall content is fantastic! Look forward to watching more of your videos!
Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words and taking the time to comment!
The the the most complete UA-cam video.. all the links and even how to solder video.. great stuff
I've watched a lot of WLED and ESP32 UA-cam's, many leaving me with more unanswered questions than interest, but your approach is very instructional in a "hands-on" sort of way that encouraged my interest into action! I ordered my own WS2812B's and a few ESP32's to tinker with, and after some initial head scratching and a little Googleization about pin-out assignments for the different versions of boards I was able to get my first instance of WLED up and running.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Its funny because everything you just mentioned is exactly the experience I had when first trying to get started on this hobby. I remember watching a ton of videos and being more confused lol. And I also remember when I first got it to work I felt like such a genius too lol. Glad you liked the video and glad it helped give you the confidence to dive in! Its a fun hobby for sure!!
this video and your updated video too me from complete stress to finished.. i cannot thank you enough for making this so easy! Really!!
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Glad the video was helpful!
This is SO great! Thanks for the tutorial.. It was about the fastest I've ever gotten LEDs up and running.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! You are very welcome and I'm glad you liked the video!
Thank you so much for your simple yet informative tutorial. Very easy to follow!
You are very welcome and thanks so much for watching and the kind words!
You have made my Christmas already!! Recommend the 220 ohm resistor folks - I was chasing a wiring fault but that wee resistor fixes the data line level somehow. Amazing - soooo much easier. Hero
Thanks so much for watching and for the recommendation! Love it when people share their knowledge! Thanks so much and glad you liked the video!
This is amazing. Thank you for showing how to do this. I have a couple of projects coming up that this will be perfect for.
Thanks so much for watching and glad you enjoyed the video. You are very welcome and good luck on the projects!
Best video on UA-cam about wled for esp8266. Keep up the amazing work!
Thanks so much buddy! Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
It is not.... Dr Zzz's videos are the absolute best.
I Just got a few of these ESP32 boards This project is ideal for me as a first attemp with this more advanced RGB Thanks for the Info Chris as always
You are the LED King bro great video great work!
Thanks as always :)
Thank you for the great video. I used this, and a few other videos of yours, as the basis for my first LED strip project and things went smoothly. I did get hung up for a little bit as I was getting no light, until I switched the GPIO to 2 in WLED. Keep up the helpful content.
so cool Chris, cant wait to get started - once we move into our new house.
Chris you are the GOAT! Thank you!
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Best video on UA-cam about led for esp8266, quick and clear. Good job on this video!
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the kind words my friend!
awesome!!! quick and clear
Thanks so much! Glad you liked the format!
Excellent tutorial! Thank you... Also, I like your wifi network name.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Amen brother! God is good all the time!
You make me want to rip out all my Govee lighting and replace it with custom lighting. Love how customizable everything is!
Thanks so much for watching! Lol, I do love Govee and there is for sure a place for them but I also love the more DIY options you have going this rout with WLED.
Your videos and explanations are excellent! So easy to follow! I was wondering if you have ever made a wled set up that would be waterproof/submersible? I've got an awesome project in mind for my aquarium but have tried a few ways on standard rgb leds and can't seem to get them waterproof enough.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I have not yet experimented with waterproofing LED strips but that would actually be pretty fun to try! I'll add that to my long list of projects I would like to do at some point!!
I love your SSID. Similar to my own. Great tutorial as well.
Good job on this video!! I have been ordering stuff
Thanks so much!! Once you start, its hard to stop lol
Just did this. Boot button tip helped me. Thanks!
Awesome! Glad it helped! Did you by any chance need to download the drivers before the esp device was recognized?
@@ChrisMaherDIY yes I did have to download them. Once I installed the drivers it worked perfectly.
Your videos and Tuts are pure gems. Thank you for them.
Just a short question. If I’d use a strip of 24v but long and I’d like to make I’m double inyección what resistor should be the one to use into the other side to make it work? Thanks
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Love this walkthrough. Thanks.
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Much appreciated for dumbing this down,
Thanks so much for watching!!
You've earned a new subscriber from your perfect explanations, even though I'm still learning
Thos looks so much better than just looking at the same boring factory settings on a led strip app.
Watched this tutorial multiple times but now its my time to try it, and I cant be more excited! One question tho: my esp32 has almost all GPIO pins and no DI4.... which pin do you recommend I use for the data cable? Great Video!
Thanks so much for watching and good luck! I would say see if there is any pin with a 2 or 3 and start there. In WLED under preferences, there is the ability to tell the program what data pin you are using so you would want to make sure that is the same as the pin you do end up trying first!
Hi Chris! Should I select the WS281x for the WS2815 strips? I would love to see you do a video on this model strip. Thank you for another informational and well filmed video!
Thanks so much for watching! I believe you would select ws281x for the ws2815 led strips but I believe the ws2815 led strips are 12v so I'm not sure if there is different wiring or setup in the app. I do know under led preferences there is a spot where you can select WS2815 (12) for power so I'm sure that is one setting that would need to be selected.
Love your video!!
Thanks so much!!!
Great video, this was very helpful in getting me started in the world of LEDs, ESPs, soldering, etc.
It's worth mentioning that i could not get my LEDs to light up on first try because for whatever reason the GPIO was defaulted to 16 in the WLED configs. Once i set it to 2, success! I just thought i'd point that out just in case anyone else comes across that issue. Cheers
thank you so much :')
ive been searching for solutions because my lights wouldnt light up and couldnt find anything...
but this helped !
Thank you so much! I was so confused of getting voltage on the strip but not light 😅 You saved the day!
Gunna bump this for clarity because this was a pretty big issue for me. I got pretty frustrated at the process because i couldn't figure out why the lights were lighting up.
Same here
This is awesome! Thank you for this! Can you explain what you would have to do different for 12v LEDs?
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I actually just did a video on this! Hopefully this will help answer the question better then me explaining it! ua-cam.com/video/zbhdH-qSANc/v-deo.html
Hey Chris, love how accessible you make your led builds and even without the ability to replicate them they’re really therapeutic to watch 😅
Just a quick question though, have you ever run across issues where the ESP has 3.3V logic out but the LEDs require 5V data input? I notice you aren’t using logic shifters but also you don’t seem to have any issues in the videos at least!
Thanks so much for the kind words! That's a great question! For the most part, if the data line is reletively short going from the esp device to the first LED I have had no issues. If the data wire is somewhat long, I've ran into issues where the data signal is not strong enough to get to the lights and the lights just kinda do their own thing. For those instances, I either used the sacrificial pixel method or put in a resistor on the line which fixed it. You could certainly use a logic shifter and that would also work great!
There is another YT video, in which someone tried an 8212 tape with and without level shifters, so 3.3 or 5V. They found that if the first LED is more than a metre (IIRC) from the controller, then the control becomes unreliable on 3.3V. A level shifter allows a much longer run for the data line, or you can use a single 2812 LED near to the controller ("sacrificial LED") which will act as a shifter, but you have to allow for that in your planning.
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Lol yeah I'm a few days behind checking emails lol. You are right though. I do need to put it in incognito for recordings. Just looks cleaner as well! Thanks for the tip my friend and thanks for watching!
Hi men, i have a problem, appers that my serial port is occupied, i tried to flash my esp but nothing works, any suggestions?
thanks for this contente, it is what i was looking for to do 3 years ago.
Informative video👌
Thanks so much for watching!
A well done video, one thing I would have mentioned though is to power the ESP32 and the LED from the same power supply like that, its a 5v power supply.
Someone that follows this using 12v LED and a power supply is in for a not so fun surprise!
An option is to add a buck converter to step down the power for the ESP Board, I have done this and have videos on it, has worked very well for me, and I only use 12v LED's these days to help combat the voltage drop for long runs.
Thanks for watching and great advice! Do you have a 12v individually addressable led strip that you like best?!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Like you I use BTF for just about everything. I am using pretty much exclusivity the WS2815's now pretty much just the 12v version of the WS2812s.
For my under counter lights, if I re-do them in the future I would like to find a good 12v LED that has RGBW with a dedicated white channel for better lighting to use for illumination and not just ambience/decorative.
Are you finding any need to add a resister for noise issues to your ESP32/8266 data pin? Also are you guys finding any issues with power surge ? Like needing to add a capacitor to that LED strip as well? Ive watched a few videos now and i havent seen that they have been added. Maybe not a requirement with a good power supply 🤔
@@stevenmoriarty6909 Off the many projects I have done, only one of them has interference issues, it is also the only one that has long data wires spanning gaps where I am not running LED's.
I only have ever seen it or noticed it when I have then turned off, sometimes a random LED might turn on, to combat this my "off" setting simply sets the LEDs to black instead of off so they constantly get a new data signal to be told "off"
A fuse of some sort is always a good idea in the power side. Especially 12v.
The best AIO unit is the QuinLED modules it has all this built in, but they are much more expensive than a $2 ESP32 chip or something, but for piece of mind, quality, or to avoid the DIY soldering and such its a great option.
Very helpful thanks.
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you liked the video!
I bought some ESP32 dev boards with LoRa but haven’t made use of them much, they have all the standard headers to connect things but also have an oled display, hopefully it’ll still work. I currently have a string controlled via old laptop to a mini 8-bit arduino and GLEDIATOR which isn’t the most efficient.
Thanks so much for watching! Sounds like a sweet board you got with the oled display! Thats so cool! I'm sure it will work just fine!
Thanks Chris!
You are very welcome!!
In the video you need to make it clear that both are 5v supplies and that you fed that into the 5v pin on the esp32. Otherwise people building this will blow up the esp at least and possibly the led strips! The app is very cool!
Very nice explanation! How do you clean up the power supply and esp board though? Do you put them in a case or something? Any tips for giving the power supply and esp board a clean look?
Also, does WLED work for COB/FOB strips? I just ordered ws2812b COB 320 leds per meter, they look awesome. Just not sure how soldering works on those since there is only positive and negative and if the esp board works for the strip.
Thanks for watching!! In all my projects I'm generally just hiding the power and esp boards behind something. (usually a plant or a stand of some sort. Nothing special at all but its out of sight and that's all I care about! I know some people put the esp boards in like a soap box to give it some protection: amzn.to/37UZZtG That's a great questions about the cob strips! I'm not 100% sure but I would imaging they would work the same as any other ws2812b strip. Are the cob ones individually addressable? They do look awesome from pictures so I'm gong to have to try ordering some and testing out myself one of these days!!
Excellent voice and presentation. May I suggest that you present the flashing and wled phone app operation, a little slower? I have downloaded/flashed about 40 ESP32s and rarely can I get them to operate on the wled phone app, the same. Once in a while, I am able to change the name on the app, but rarely. I change the name in led preferences in two locations and most of the time I don't get a name change. I was hoping you were doing something different. I especially liked your presentation on using color palettes with different effects and segments. I haven't seen that in other similar how-to videos. I hope you do more.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment and thanks for the suggestion! I must just have good luck since the phone app (android) is pretty much all I use and everything seems to work really well and I don't feel like I'm doing anything special. I wish I had some other tips on some of the issues your having! If I do another video down the road, I'll for sure slow down a bit. Thanks again!
@@ChrisMaherDIY which version are you using... I have one I've been lucky with a Esp32S v3 Nodemcu I thought it was working coz I put on thicker power wires on the chip has been working ever since ... so bought a new of the same from start put thicker power cables (than jumper cables I first tried with on first one) but sadly have had problems with this one like problems I had at first.. but clearly not related to the cables then only... sometimes I can connect for like maybe 2 hours but it will disconnect at some point other times have to turn on/off alot before I can even connect to it... I have mo idea why it isn't working... (connected to WiFi with running 5V on same power supply as the leds are on)...I might try the holding down of "boot" button.... I'm sad about this coz here in Denmark it's very easy to get this chip Esp32S Nodemcu ... haven't seen so many other chips
Great tutorial! Well done Chris. I was wondering which is better a BTF-LIGHTING 5in1 WB5 2.4GHz WiFi LED Controller or 5 xESP32 for a room project with more than 4 x WS2812b. How many strips can ESP32 can handle?
Thanks so much for watching! I would personally go with the esp32 but you could certainly order both, test them out and see what one you like best and return the one you dont use. I've never maxed out an esp32 but here is what the specs say on the WLED website: kno.wled.ge/features/multi-strip/
ESP32
There is a maximum of 10 strips supported
Contrary to the ESP8266, the pin usage does not matter on ESP32, feel free to use any available pin
For perfect performance, it is recommeded to use 512 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 2048 LEDs.
For very good performance, it is recommended to use 800 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 3200 LEDs.
For good performance, you can use 1000 LEDs/pin with 4 outputs for a total of 4000 LEDs.
For okay performance, you can use 1000 LEDs/pin with 5 outputs for a total of 5000 LEDs.
For okay performance, you can use 800 LEDs/pin with 6 outputs for a total of 4800 LEDs.
ESP32 can calculate about 65k-85k LEDs per second (that means 1000 LEDs @~70fps, 2000 LEDs @~35fps, 4000 LEDs @~18fps)
4 outputs seem to be the sweet spot.
Great video
Thanks for the video, really helpful! How do you connect a 4-pin LED strip to the ESP?
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! I have never used a 4 pin connector so I'm not sure how that would get wired up! At some point I do want to learn but have not had the need yet to use something other than the 3 pin individually addressable strips I've been using. Let me know if you do find a good video or website out there explaining things as I'm curious myself!
Nice video. Any upcoming project where you show how to use esp32, pir sensors and LED Strips for like staircase lightning?
Thanks so much! I've seen a few other videos doing that and it definitely looks super cool and something that I would love to do in a future project! So its for sure on my to do list!
Thanks for the videos! I’ve been learning a lot from your tutorials. Do you recommend a separate power supply for each array of controllers / leds strips. For example I have 3 separate windows that I want to surround with leds. Where I can control each one individually. Is it best practice to have a separate power supply for each one of calculate the number of leds and find a suitable power supply for that. Also, in this scenario how would I give extra power to each one if they require it.
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad you are liking the videos and great question! So I would say that you certainly don't need to use a separate power supply for each set of lights/controller. Running a longer distance of wires from the power unit is perfectly acceptable. Now depending on your layout and how you want to hide everything, it may make sense from a logistical/concealing everything standpoint to have different power supply's but its certainly not necessary. And if you do need to give more power to the lights, you can run long power wires from the main power source to the led strips. Hope that helps a little!
Awesome video, thanks Chris!
How would one go about doing this for a media cabinet display case style, with say 8 open shelves each with its own strip? Just use a couple 5 conductor wago connectors daisy chained?
Thanks for showing how to wire both power supplies. Which pins on the esp32 are you connecting to? Once I figure this out Im ready to start testing.
You are very welcome and thanks for watching! They are connected to the VIN, GND and D2 pins the on 32 board!
Hey Chris, I used your vids to learn how to use WLED, thx, they are great. I made a short vid of my wled project and linked your vid as to how I did it, a viewer said I didn’t have your permission, sorry about that, I removed the link and just added your name
Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words! Lol it's totally cool if you link to my video and no permission is needed :) love how the flame animation turned out! Looks amazing! It's a fun hobby to get into for sure!
Another excellent tutorial Chris, really, you make it so much easier to understand,
But, as always I have a couple of quick questions if that's ok,
Firstly do you have a preferred Wi-Fi board and/or brand?
Second one that segment section has guaranteed that WLED is the way I'm going, I was 90% before but that's definitely sealed it for me, the question is how many segments does it allow you to choose or can it literally be each segment be 1 LED and as many LEDs as you have?
As always thank you for taking the time to help.
That github link to WLED is really helping,
Thanks as always and great questions! I don't have a preferred brand but the ones I link to in the description have been the ones I'm using and have really had no issues with any of them so they get my stamp of approval! As far as the segments, you can literally make each segment 1 led but I honestly have no idea how many segments the program will allow you to make so my guess is there would be a limit as these little esp boads don't have a ton of memory. But that would for sure be a good experiment to test out! Might have to try it :)
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Hi Chris, again thanks pal for taking the time to answer my questions, I had to ask about brands as I'm in the UK so when I click any link it takes me to amazon but nearly always their 'currently unavailable', but I have checked and their are similar brands in the UK amazon.
I will probably be using a couple of your links especially for power supplies etc, and I'll probably use the BTF they seam to be a fairly decent company,
Anyway I hope you have a Good Easter weekend.
@@-djs Yeah I always forget the products are not the same in different countries! BTF is a good choice for sure. Never had any issues with any of their products. Thanks and you too!
Wago connectors are a godsend
Sweet bro.. thx🎉
Thank you for great videos! I have adressable ledstrips 5V and esp32 with wled for kitchen. The same stuff from your videos. Is it possible to have a motion sensor to turn it on and off?
Hey Chris wondering if you've figured out how to get a 24V FCOB 840leds/m strip to work with Wled on an esp32? Thanks for all you do!
hello, where did you buy the converter part you attached to the end of the 5V adapter?
Hi Chris, Love your videos so many awesome ideas within my budget. Question: Have you seen a version of WLED that supports bluetooth. I'd like to install a project in a wifi free space.
I don't think it supports Bluetooth control but I'm not 100%. I also have not tested it out yet but since the device emits its own wifi signal, i'm thinking it still may work to connect to a phone or tablet even if there is no wifi in the space. Something I want to test out and If I do i'll let you know!
Hey man! Im scratching my head hard right now trying to figure out what pins to use for two led strips on the same controller but different pins. You should make a video showing how to do multiple LEDs to one ESP32 board!
Thanks so much for watching! I should! I've only briefly played around with it but in the WLED settings there is a spot to add another strip and assign it to a different pin. I would just experiment with adding a strip to a different pin and then assigning that pin in the setting and seeing if it will work. I will at some point do a video. I'll put it on my long list of project!
I just found your channel and this is the most helpful resource yet! .... I'm a total newb when it comes to LED controllers. I'm working on building something similar to what you've done here. However, Instead of the animations going starting on one strip and continuing to the next, I'm wanting to 2 or 4 separate strips to mirror the same animation. Can I just split the wires from the controller into 2 or 4 separate strips? (as long as the total number of led's is under 300). or do I need to operate each strip with its own controller and power supply?
Thanks so much for the kind words and glad you are enjoying the videos! Great question! You can for sure just split the data coming off the controller and hook them up. This will ensure that all the strips will do the exact same thing at the exact same time!
Hello, Many thanks for the video. Please can you confirm that you put (esp32 side) the red+ on the pin 5v and the black one to a pin gnd (if yes any of the gnd pin?)? 🙏🏻
Hello Chris, thanks for this tutorial! It is very helpful! One questions: I have seen many tutorials using different pins on different esp32 boards with different pin outs. Does it matter what pin I use? Thanks!
there are so many PINs. it's amazing that he did not mention which pin to use for the Data of LED. so which did you choose on the ESP32 board?
So the software allows you to change the pin. I used the default one, but it can easily be changed, as long as you know where the pin is, as it may have a different name that what your diagram may call it.
thanks nice video
Can we also use this ESP32 module in WS2815 led strip?
Thanks so much for watching and great question! I just made a video on this today! ua-cam.com/video/zbhdH-qSANc/v-deo.html
Hi Chris, great work man, your videos are awesome. I have a question, maybe you can help me. I have about 35ft of addressable LED RGB IC (one long strip) and i have have it connected to a 250w 10.4A power supply that was recommended by the company. But i am getting flickering every so often, more pronounced in higher brightness. What ideas? 😔
Thank you so much for these good info videos. Question i followed all your instructions bought the same stuff like esp32 led strip and using cell phone power adapter 5v 2amp. My esp board connected to Wi-Fi able to control from app but there’s no power on led strip is there anything I am missing thanks
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Would you be able to send a picture of the wiring from the led strip to the esp device? outrunprojects@gmail.com thanks!
Hi Chris, I would like to know what kind of power supply you use when your led strips are mounted on walls ? Do you stick with your huge/industrial power supply 5v/100W or do you use a simple laptop power supply 5v/50W or 60W ? If you use industrial power supply, I guess you mounted it in some box to avoid electrical issues. What is the best solution from your point of view ? I used several time a simple USB adapter 3A /5V and as decoration for my desk it's enough, but I was wondering what is the most efficient solution between industrial power supply 5V/100W and a simple laptop power supply 5V/60W, as the brightness difference is almost not visible. thx
Hey Chris, thank you for making such an informative video. One small question though, I can only get esp32 38pins board. Will it work the same as 30pins?
Thanks so much for watching! My understanding is they are all pretty much the same. The 38pin board should work just as good (even though I've never personally used it) I'm not 100% sure on the pin layout but it shouldn't be too hard to figure it out with some playing around. Plus, in WLED, you can go in and change the pin that is assigned to data so that should help as well!
Appreciate you Chris! I’m gonna be starting my project in my room, considering your tips for Soldering, Custom Diffuser Paper, Wood builds!
Quick question:
Is there a way to use Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi for the Wled app to connect to the led strips?
2. if we were to connect a ESP32 Board to a normal Rgb (Non IC) would that essentially make the Rgb led into a Rgbic? Since the ESP Board programs the LEDs to Change colors on the Led strip individually?
Thanks very much!🎉
Thanks for watching and great questions! So as far as I know, WLED will only work via wifi and not Bluetooth. And the esp boards with WLED are made for digital led strips and not really as much for the basic ones (non ic) so it would not work to make a dumb led strip smart. The technology is just not there in those basic strips to make it do all the fancy colors and effects.
Question- Bought everything on your list, thank you for making it easy to learn this.
I designed a lamp made from square steel tubing, and I think the steel caused a short while I was testing the circuit. Now the strip won’t light past ~50th led except for a couple at about the 75th LED that just shows a dim green light.
Is it possible that, if one of the resistors sparked against the steel housing, it would kill a section permanently? I’ve seen LEDs that were actually burnt out and replaced all of those sections, but none of these LEDs look bad.
Some details: using the big power supply, soldered all sections in series using 18 gauge wire, and I’ve tried swapping out the controller board.
It’s only about 8ft of LEDs with wire in between each section of 2ft, maybe there’s a setting I’m missing in the config? I played with the strips before beginning the project and they worked with 2 strips in series.
Anyway, thanks for any insight you can give 😅
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Bummer your having issues! That seems like a strange issue! So one time something happened and my strip no longer did anything. I tried everything I could think of and nothing got it working. I eventually tried cutting off the first led of the strip and connected the rest of the strip back and everything worked perfectly. Im not sure if you have any extra strips of LEDs but that would be the first thing I would try. Connecting your current setup to a new led strip and see what happens. If that new strip works perfectly then more than likely something happened to an led or LEDs. On the strip that is no longer working, I would probably cut off the first led that's not working and reconnect the rest and see what happens. I'm honestly not smart enough in terms of all the electrical aspects to know if the steel could have caused a short but I'm sure it's possible! Troubleshooting is never fun but I do always seem to learn something new when I have to do it! Let me know if you figure it out because I'm curious myself what it might be!
@@ChrisMaherDIY Hey thanks for the quick reply Chris, I kinda figured I’d have to keep troubleshooting. Thanks again for the inspiration to try this, I’ll let you know how it ends up.
Hi there, great tutorial👍. Got one question, is there a reason you didn’t use micro USB for power connection? You prefer to connect power directly to pins? Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching and glad you liked the video! That's a good question and either option would be just fine! I think I just liked not having to take up a wall plug for the esp device and then another one for the main power.
Absolutely loving the things you do with these.
A question for you. Is there a way to control these LED strips to just turn on with an effect? Like if you flip the switch, the LEDs would turn on one after the other along the length of strip and the previous LEDs would remain on.
Thanks so much for watching! That's a great question and one that I've asked myself a few different times. I'm honestly not sure if you can. When the power is cut, it always turns on to a default orangish white color. I have not looked too much into this to see if it can be changed. if you find out the answer, please let me know as I'm curious on this as well!
I am aware that there is a way to make the lights default to an effect and a color after turning on power to it. However it was from a reddit post from a while back. If i get my setup up and running i will let you know what i did for it
@@danielwardle24 did you figure it out?
@@ronsoldano nahhh I’ve just noticed in my life it’s much easier just to turn the power off in the app and then it turns back on to whatever color/effect was last on
Create a preset with the colour(s) you want, save it and go to Config->LED Preferences->Defaults and change the preset # to what you created.
Great video! I will soon start my first WLED project and I have one question. In your final installations where do you put the ESP32 boards and all the wires? Do you hide them in cases or just leave them unprotected?
Thanks so much for watching! Great question. Mostly I just hide everything behind something in the room. Plant, furniture, electric fireplace etc. I have also heard of people using a travel soap dish to put the esp device in. amzn.to/3YQVPID I don't have a desire to put things behind the wall so options are somewhat limited. But I did make a quick video of one way you could make things blend in a little better if you don't have something to hide it behind! ua-cam.com/video/ibRp6eeUwBA/v-deo.html
@@ChrisMaherDIY Thanks a lot for your reply and for the video you linked! I was hoping to find something especially conceived for hiding the ESP32 module and the power supply, but I didn't find anything on the market. I think I'll with something very similar to what you showed in the video. Great suggestions!
Thanks again!
Good afternoon, congratulations for your videos, they are fabulous.
I have a doubt and if you can clarify I would be grateful.
I need to put WRGB leds in a case letter. I was thinking of using the ESP32.
Once configured and programmed, the ESP32 can work Offline to make a certain sequence of colors and effects, it turns on (ON with a switch ) and the ESP32 starts working and carrying out the predefined routine. Or is there another better controller for this situation. Thanks
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! That is a great question and one that i'm not exactly sure on. I think you need a wifi connection but i'm not 100% sure. Maybe someone else on here might know more on this topic than I do and can chime in. Thanks!
Thank you for this great video, is it possible to connect esp32 with a motion sensor and if so would this be something you could make a tutorial on? :)
Thanks so much for watching! It certainly is possible and something I am for sure wanting to do a video on at some point. I have yet to do it myself but have seen others that have. Thanks for the great suggestion and hopefully I can get around to a video sooner rather than later!
Do you have a video on how to add an in-line switch (like a physical power button on the wiring) to a WLED lighting setup?
For example, I have a single LED strip that I want to be able to switch on and off with a physical button, but also want to control the brightness and colors with WLED.
Thank you for the video!
esp8266 vs esp32 which one is better?
ESP32 is better than the ESP8266 as ESP32 can handle more led's.
great job on you video but call you please tell me which is the data pin on the esp 32
Sorry if this is mentioned but I didn't hear it (watched the video twice), you are using 5v power supplies? 12v and 24v would require a buck converter to step down the power to the ESP32. Thanks for the tutorial
Thanks for the video. I was looking at the SK6812 page on BTF Lightings site and it mentions 18W per metre for the 5V 60 LEDs/M strip. So 90W for the full strip, which an online calculator suggests would require an 18A DC 5V power supply. Does that sound correct?
Thanks you for your app, that app are awesome. But it't support dual channel ?
Thanks for watching! If by dual channel you mean 2 strips at once then yet. You can connect different strips to different pins and then assign the pins in the WLED settings. Thanks so much for watching!
Hey Chris! I'm really enjoying your channel. Maybe you can help me with a project - I have a floor lamp I made back in school with 12 spinning discs that have individually controlled LED strips, but the engineering back then used an arduino and code - I would love to update these to WLED app controlled. Whadya think?
Hey Chris, love the tutorials, very helpful. Maybe you can help me with my issue, once you've connected the wires and head to the WLED APP, you press "discover lights
' and it looked like the app saw your controller immediately. What do I do if the phone APP doesn't locate my esp32 controller? when I go to Wi-Fi on my phone I can see the controller in my "Other Networks" so I know it's working, but the APP just can't locate my ESP32.
Thanks so much for watching and thats a great question! Can you access the wled controls via your computer/web? If so, I would maybe do that and somewhere under settings find the IP address. then go back to your app and I believe there is an option to try adding a device via the ip if its not finding it automatically. But yeah, it always pops up right away when I've tried so i'm not sure why it would not on your device. I'm running android. Maybe if anyone else reading this has any other ideas they can chime in!
Best SSID
Amen buddy! Thanks for watching!
big Thx to you ❤
the LED stripes are expensive though 😢
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! They do sometimes go on sale throughout the year!
Which pin on the ESP32 board for the data wire? Really appreciate your videos
Do you have to put the ESP32 board in some type of case or is it safe to mount it with the exposed metal pins while electricity is running through it?
Could you do a video on wall mounted controllers that work with WLED? Looking to make it easy for other family members to control the led strips.
That's a good idea for a video! I have never looked to see what's out there but if your like me, there are certain people in my family (i wont name names lol) that refuse to use an app so a physical controller would be ideal. I'll have to look around to see what I can find!
I just got done setting up my frist strip of leds using your videos. I got the btf sk6812 RGBW with warm white. How do I get wled to turn on the warm white only? If I set the color to white it just uses the RGB portion (i tried setting white correction to accururate. Thanks for the help!
You forgot to tell which pins of esp32 did you use?
overall best tutorial on Wled , please make more videos on LED strip types , power supplies, power injection and LED projects ,
your way of explaining is very nice...
Thanks for video!
17-JUL-2022
Ahh your right! I used the D2 pin on the board. Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! I appreciate the support buddy!! Glad you are liking the videos!
Vin is positive, grnd is ground, and WLED default is gpio2.
Cool
Thanks so much for watching!
I would like to construct a similar panel but would like it to be X/Y addressable
to display scaled images/photos.
Can you please comment on how you wired the individual strips in the matrix.
Specifically, do you just cut and connect the next strip with short pieces of
wire OR do you need to reverse the next strip and connected it with wires that
are as long as a strip back to the previous strip.
Putting it another way, Can WLED be configured to know that every-other-strip
in a matrix needs to be addressed in reverse-order?
great joob. but can you tell me how to connect 24v RGB strip line ? I mean : "+GRB" ofc use ESP32
If you use ESP32 or ESP8266 for other purposes, you need to know that WLED will replace your bootloader and you cannot then use that ESP for any other sketches/apps, though WLED can apparently be updated (via OTA, it seems). I have not seen this mentioned in the download page, most people just want to install WLED and have working LEDs.
If you attempt to upload a sketch from the Arduino IDE, then the ESP will fail to install it and might be a brick thereafter, though it LOOKS like it's polling the Wifi as is normal for WLED (onboard LED flashing). You can guess how I know.
Maybe it was my version of ESP and IDE, but that's what I found. (Using Arduino IDE version 2.10, with DOIT devkit V1.)
Hi Chris how are you doing? I am loving your videos. Any chance you can give me tips for my project. I have a small room (the space is 6mtsx6mts) and I am trying to find the best configuration. I am planning on doing a total of eight BTF-LIGHTING addressable led strips (60 leds/m) (5mt each 12v) + Muzata diffusers. What would be the best way to power them? Maybe 2 60 Amp Power Supply (running 4 and 4, or running one at the beginning and one at the end)? How many Injections would you recommend? Would I get away with one ESP32 board or should I get more? Or is there any board you would recommend for longer projects? I've seen ENTECCs Octo as an option but would love to get your advice on it. Greetings in advance, love your content
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! Sounds like an awesome project! I've never really done anything that big but I would probably start with at least 2 of the big power supply's. So much of power need is based on how bright you want to run them and since I never run mine very bright, I am always surprised at how little power is actually needed. I would lay things out on the floor and test it out with as little power injection and then go from there based on results. I generally always start with power injection at the beginning and then the end. As far as controllers, this has been a good resource to look at in terms of how many leds you should be running: kno.wled.ge/features/multi-strip/#:~:text=For%20good%20performance%2C%20you%20can,a%20total%20of%204000%20LEDs.
I have not done this large of a project before so i'm not sure if there are better controllers but I would for sure first try it using the esp32. Good luck and hopefully everything turns out great!
Have you found the amperage of the power supply used impacts your ability to consistently connect to the ESP32 board? When I use a 5V3A power supply, I have difficulty consistently connecting to the ESP32 using WLED. When I switch to the "medium" power supply, the connection to the ESP32 module appears to be more reliable and consistent. Do you know if there is any direct correlation?
Hi Mate,
Thanks for the nice vide. How did you connected them from the upper side to the next strip?
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment! In this video I go over more the actual project of the led strips and getting them connected to each other in case your interested: ua-cam.com/video/K4EzLI1fFnQ/v-deo.html But basically I just connected them together using wago clips to my own soldered on wires! Thanks!
@@ChrisMaherDIY thanks alot mate. Finally my leds with profiles and diffusor looking great on the wall. Thanks for the great inpiration.
Great Videos! Quick question, can I use the usb power on the ESP32 board for powering my LEDs or do I have to use an additional power supply. I ask because I was running a board with LEDs off the USB power supply but the board stopped functioning and I thought that maybe the cause. TIA
Thanks so much for watching! So I've heard mixed things on this. I've always been able to run a small amount of led lights using the micro usb with no issues but others have said that you should not do it this way because it could fry the board (which I have never had happen to me) But I will say, when powering things with the micro usb, i generally have the brightness limiter set to 850ma so I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not!
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I would love to at some point! I'll for sure put that on my to do list!! Thanks for the great idea!
Hi Chris. I'd like to install an LED strip in a diffuser channel in the bathroom up by the ceiling in the shower. The ESP32 will be protected and the wiring will be in the wall. Do you have any suggestions on a water resistant or waterproof addressable LED strip I can buy?