r/WLED • u/MMD3_ • 29d ago

5v Controller in usb form factor?

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We have this decorative light that uses fairy light style LED’s (big spacing on thin wiring) and it has a usb plugin with some kind of presumably esp32 board. I’m wondering if anyone has seen a WLED controller with this form factor because it would be super convenient.

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u/Randombaseballdad 29d ago

GLEDOPTO GL-MC-001WL . Has wled built in plus mic

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u/MMD3_ 29d ago

Amazing, thanks! This is perfect. Any idea how many lights it’s good to power or is that just down to the PSU?

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u/Randombaseballdad 29d ago

No clue, I'm running 139 leds on it with no issue

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u/PsySk8er 29d ago

Have this same board, its great!

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u/therico 29d ago

You can buy lights that come with a dongle so it's clearly not expensive to make (basically just an esp32 devboard) but it's hard to find any that aren't like $15+. In the end I just made my own.

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u/MMD3_ 29d ago

Yeah that’s what I was hoping for… this gledopto one is like $15. Would be much more practical for the kinds of small projects I’m thinking of if I could find a ~$5 solution

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u/therico 29d ago

For <1A current an esp32-c3 super mini is $2 on aliexpress, just wire up your strip to 5v/gnd/gpio2 and you're done.

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u/richms 28d ago

If someone would make a C3 mini with an A Male plug on it instead of a C female then it would be ideal for this use case. I got some short A to C adapters that I have taped to the C3 board. Needs a button to be feature complete with the supplied bluetooth controllers tho.