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Owen Ross
Owen Ross

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Cristmas lights with low cost ESP32

Software

To start playing around with ESP32 lighting you need WLED. To install WLED on your ESP head over to https://install.wled.me/

Hardware

You will need an addressable string of lights. I recommend ws2812 as each light is individually addressable which means that you can do cool effects.

You will also need a power supply. Make sure it’s either 5v or 12v. Keep in mind that you should chose the voltage that your string says and use a voltage limiter on your controller if it is above 5v

Wiring

For information on lighting visit https://kno.wled.ge/basics/wiring-guides/

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flisk •

nice!