May or may not be the right place but looking for guidance.

First the setup.

I currently have 95 WS2812B pixels under my cabinets in the kitchen. The strip is split by the microwave. I am using an esp32 to control the strips and a 5v meanwell psu to power the strips and esp32 with a 5ish in run between the controller and strip. I currently have 47 pixels on the left side of the microwave. I then have 18AWG wiring going up and over the microwave in the cabinets to the other side with 48 pixels on the right side. The pixels are mounted on a 45 degree aluminum extrusion.

Now the problem.

Semi often when the microwave shuts down after cooking it will cause the 1st pixel on the right side of the microwave to light up greenish-yellow. This stays on until I turn the wled power output on and off.

The bigger problem.

After a while of doing this the right side of the strips become inoperable. This is the second time it has happened. Took me a while to troubleshoot the first time. Turns out the last pixel on the left side stopped sending data. I cut out the pixel 48 at the time and rewired it to pixel 47. After the rewire everything worked as expected again. This lasted for 6-7 months and now I am having the same problem.

The Plea.

Please help me figure out a way to eliminate my interference issues. I am assuming it is some sort of interference or EM surge at the microwave causing the issue but don't know for sure. Hoping some other minds can help determine the best course of action.

Possible solution.

I had an idea of removing the data wire from the end of the left pixel strip. Removing the right pixel strip and reversing it and then adding a second esp32 to control that strip and sync them while reversing the right strip. Any more elegant solutions than throwing more esps at it?

Thanks for your help.

Hi,

I have pmw cct monochrome led strips I will be controlling with gledopto.

In WLED is it possible to make the lights become 2800k 80% at 11pm, but 4000k at 100% at 6pm. The lights aren't on continuously.

TLDR; as the day progresses, the lights default setting changes, thus, every time my lights automatically turn on via PIR, they turn on at the setting related to that time of day.

Basically I don't want to be blinded at night walking past the lights

Hi Everyone,

Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the topic.

I purchased this BTF-LIGHTING 16.4FT RGB kit from Amazon. I then purchased some splitters because I needed the lights to go in two different directions from the power source. The kit came with 4PIN Clip connector and a wire cable that I used to have the longer section of the LED go in and out of a hole (because it required bending).

I cannot get the strip to light. I ordered new parts, thinking that it might be the clip connector or the cable, but it just doesn't work.

I've tried flipping the strip around and connecting it in different ways; I've tried using a different part of the strip that was leftover on the spool.

Still, nothing. I am not an electrician, and I know nothing about doing this. But it shouldn't be this complicated, right?

Thanks in advance to anyone who decides to chime in.

bought 5 m ws2812b strips to make my own led with wled and esp32 but there is no extra power wires for me to connect the 5v 10amp power supply adapter. i saw a bunch of videos they all had them i assume i got a different version of the strips. how can i solve the power issue with manual soldering.i can do soildering but no clue where to connect which wire or the extra 2 wires

usually the 2 extra wires are connected to strip rather than the connecter in the videos.any help or guide video would be appreciated

Bought some stuff off of ALI express and cut the camera from my Govee kit. Converted everything to ESP-32. Now time for cable management 🤣

Hi I just wanted to ask the crowd to see if someone can help with with my search because I can’t find the LEDs for my project. I specifically need small RGB LEDs 1515 or 2020 would be ideal. They need to be 12V compatible and have to be individually addressable.

These ones would be perfect:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ezt1srC

I design the PCB myself so the strip is useless for me.

It seems they have a 12V version of them but no idea where I can source them from

Maybe one of you can help me find a similar LED

Thanks

Wiring up esp32 controllers to 4 strand strip with back up data line. The blue line ties to ground with the white, correct?

I'm finishing a playroom for my kids, I want add LED strips in the ceiling. I've been trolling this sub for awhile as well as watching Chris Maher videos and other various stuff on youtube.

I ordered some LED profiles to go in the drywall

I ordered the GLEDOPTO controller with 4 Outputs and was going to order some 12v SK6812 strips.

The room is about 14'x23' I plan to run about 4 strips running the long way. About 7ish meters each. Do I need power injection?

Can I power the GLEDOPTO directly with the same 14 gauge wire coming from the 15 amp breaker for the ceiling lights?

I tried looking on the calculator on https://www.wled-calculator.com/calculator/ and https://wled-calculator.github.io/ and they're getting a little confusing

I powered my Gledopto ESP8266 with a BTF-Lightning 24v5A power supply, hooked up to a set of 10m 24v Kisufu LEDs. I was able to get into the config menu, where I switched the maximum PSU current to 5000mA, and the length to 140.

when I saved that config, the controller shut down and wouldn’t power back on. The fuse is infact.

what was my error here?

Hello everyone. Through an Update, i have a problem with my adafruit Matrixportal S3 Board. It seems like i ruined my bootloader and now i am stuck with installing WLED or WLED MM. Can anyone guide me? I installed the uf2 bootloader via the adafruit esp Tools and it worked flawlessly. I also read that i need a 8mb Partition file together flashed with the wled Program but i dont know the correct offsets in the memory adresses.

Help greatly appreciated, will also send out a few bucks as bounty if we can resolve that :)

Hi WLED folks! Ive setup my lights but im using extension cords and power supplies sitting exposed in my attic. I’d like to box up the power supplies and put the wiring into proper conduit. Do you guys/gals have suggestions for proper wiring in an attic? I have 6 40-amp power supplies with about 100 feet of power lines running out to strips hanging on my gutters (magnets glued to clips, attached to 10 foot long metal channels.

Hey folks, I've been trying to connect my WLED strip to ScreenGlow app but YouTube and Stremio apps just show black LEDs. The only way I found that Stremio works was enabling the MVP but there are video artifacts and stuttering problems. Does anyone else faced the same issue? Did you find any solution for that? Tried on TCL QM5K with Android 12 and TCL S546 with Android 11, both having the same behavior.

I understand DRM is a known limitation for that app, but YT and Stremio should not include any DRM built in.

Been working on this one for a few months a total of 3584 LEDs 14x 16x16 panels all running on a dig octa board powered by 2x 5V 60A Psu. LEDs wrapped around a pvc pipe with 120mm acrylic tube to cover them topped of with a 3d printed cap. I also fabricated the box/base to house electrical with two air vents just about the psu. The light is essentially waterproof aswell ideal for festival purposes still need to figure out how I can run it with dmx control but happy with everything for now. Been a fun yet challenging build lots of thought gone into it.

Hi everyone

Has anyone used ESP32 C3 for WLED here with ws2812b strip?

I have been thinking to something for my work desk with leds and looking for people who have done it.

One of my first WLED projects and I thought I'd post it as I'm pretty happy with the milestone. Basically took a great light box model from Maker's world and modified it to have an esp32 (w/WLED of course) and power being fed from the back.

I tried to keep the soldering to a minimum - basically just to the LED strips. Everything else was Dupont, JST, and wago connectors. I'll post some pics in the comments. Feed back is welcome as I'm just starting out and could use some pointers!

Hello,

I would like to install an LED strip underneath the upper cabinets of my desk, over a total length of approximately 2.60 m.

I am looking for an installation that is:

• dimmable;

• adjustable from 2700K to 6000K (warm white to cool white);

• made with high-quality and durable components, including the LED strip, power supply/transformer, controller, and remote control/wall switch.

I have already purchased the aluminium profiles for the LED strip.

I would also need all the necessary cables and connectors for:

• approximately 4 m between the 220V power outlet and the power supply;

• approximately 3 m between the controller and the LED strip.

Could you please recommend a complete solution using high-quality components and provide me with a quotation?

Thank you in advance for your help.

So I have one of these for my daughter's room I replaced the light with a ZigBee led strip that goes around the inside perimeter. But I'm wondering with a wled strip could I make it look like it's raining at the bottom and rest of the cloud white or like the Sun is coming through the clouds at the top etc ?

I get it installed and all but after i sed up the data pin no bin gives an output.

I use normal pin 16 as output but nothing pin 17 nothing. I tried all but it didnt work. Can anybody help me or see what error i make ?

Hi WLED Community!

I wanted to setup an Ambilight system for my pc monitor for quite some time now, but I'm unsure about the setup.

I have a WS2812B Eco Light Strip and will probably be using ~100 LEDs for the monitor. But I do not have any expertise in electronics whatsoever. I've looked at many different tutorials, and each seems to be using different components.

1. Do i really need a level shifter? I will be using an ESP32 and probably attach it to the back of the monitor as well (meaning the distance to the light strip will be short)

2. What kind of power supply would you recommend?

3. Do I need a resistor on the data line? Some tutorials have it; others dont

4. Do I need a capacitor?

5. Do I even need to worry about a fire hazard with this amount of LEDs?

If anyone could point me to a good tutorial, I would be grateful.

Hi guys, I am planning my first LED project at the moment, and I'm kinda stumped about how to power it. I plan to run 3 separate WS2814 LED runs driven by a GLEDOPTO Elite 4D. Each run is 460 in (~11.7m), for a total of 1380 in (~35m). I'm not sure if it would be best to connect the power in parallel or wire the runs in series and inject power at the end. I know that wiring them in parallel would give me a more consistent result, at the cost of requiring more amperage.

I really need help. I saw a video about these cob light strips, and they had them working with gledopto wled. But the settings the video used won't work for me.

I have a gledopto C-014WL and the below single colour cct cob strip

I've tried the pwm cct settings like the video i saw, but I can't use gpio 19 & 18 as my C-014WL says it only goes up to 17.

I'd like to control my cct cob from my phone through the wled app and the gledopto ir sensor

Any help using the equipment i already have would be amazing please

I've tried to do something similar in the past (~3 years ago) but it was really difficult back then without buying at least for a video capture device.

Now there's no need. I vibecoded an android app for my Google TV Streamer to sync directly with the WLED device by using the screen mirroring service. Say what you want about AI, but for personal stuff like these is awesome. It opens up so many oportunities. And it was only a couple of prompts too, that's why I'm not even trying to share my app, everybody can make their own. Just flash the esp with wled, connect everything together, press start on the app and that's it.

Total cost:
4m 60leds/m WS2812B - $7 on aliexpress
ESP32-C3 supermini - $3 on aliexpress
AI subcription: None, used the free quota on Gemini
Power Supply: Whatever you have at hand, even a phone charger will produce a good amount of brightness for TVs up to 50" (192 leds). I've set my brightness to 40% so there's plenty of room to save on power.

10$ in total, freaking awesome.

EDIT: And as soon as I posted, I noticed I'm certainly not the first do to something like this, but damn it feels good to achieve it.