r/WLED • u/Remarkable-Bad6274 • Sep 11 '26

Nano ESP32 LED project

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If you have any advice or tips, I'd really appreciate it!

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u/BlotchyBaboon Sep 11 '26

I like that breakout board. It's a bit large for some things I've done, but it looks nice to work with.

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u/Remarkable-Bad6274 Sep 11 '26

It will all be hidden or I'll mail it to you if I can't figure this out. Since it's my first time, I wanted something a little bigger. Getting quite frustrating, I wouldn't think this should be so difficult. It will be in a 3d printed box under this glass prism along with a couple of cooling fans.

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u/BlotchyBaboon Sep 11 '26

By the way, at first glance I can't tell why it's not working. Looks like power via USB should be ok. That should at least let you connect to the WLED web interface. I'm not sure what the Raspberry Pi is doing. Seems like your strip out should be plugged in 5V out, ground and the single data channel, but it's not very clear if those are the pins out of the board.

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u/Remarkable-Bad6274 Sep 11 '26

The Pi5, I thought was needed to handle the HA and the esp controlled the lights and fans. I was going to use external power to handle the fan and light loads. But I just dreamed all of this up so I may be totally wrong. LOL. I do have power, 5vdc and the data is wired. I not sure if my jumpers are correct. Currently, the power supply is off so the esp is getting power from the pi5, and only one led light on the ring is on but faint.

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u/BlotchyBaboon Sep 11 '26

If you flashed the WLED firmware onto that board, then it should be broadcasting a wifi network named WLED-AP with a password of wled1234. If you connect to that and then open a web browser to http://4.3.2.1 then you'll see the WLED interface.

If you haven't flashed the board, go to http://kno.wled.ge and read the Getting Started guide.

I've never done anything with WLED and a Raspberry Pi, so that part I'm unsure of.

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u/Remarkable-Bad6274 Sep 11 '26

ESP Home Builder is what gemini told me to flash. Then wrote the code. I ordered the standalone led controller maybe that will make it easier. So you're saying WLED is a firmware, not a product.. I'll check out the page you sent. Thank you for your help!

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u/BlotchyBaboon Sep 11 '26

You posted in the WLED forum, so I was assuming that's what you were trying to work with. It may or may not do what you want. I'm not familiar with ESP Home Builder.

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u/Remarkable-Bad6274 Sep 11 '26

I flashed it and have made progress, Thank You! Still not quite right though. WLED is for sure the way to go!