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WS281 Neon LED strip with WLED controller project
#wled #neon #ws2811

The whole assembly uses 8 of these little custom LED numeral PCBs: PCB size is only 23.2x22mm, featuring 3 numerals, 8 #WS2811 chips with 3 LED driver outputs each, which can be controlled similarly to a Neopixel: with a single pin from for example an ESP or a RaspberryPi Pico, you can provide a datastream providing the settings for the 3 outputs. Each chip takes the first 3 settings it receives and forwards the rest, so you can put them all in series.
The PCB itself has only 4 connections to the main PCB: +5V, GND and data in+out. These connections double as mechanical support.

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Dendrobatus Azureus Sep 24

@jimp

Thank you for that important feedback Jim

#SBC #ESP32 #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102

Dendrobatus Azureus Sep 24

Learn here how to install the wLED binary, which means flashing your ESP32 microcontroller.

Make sure your power source is constant, which means use a uninterruptible power supply, UPS, at least while you are flashing!

Please do not brick your ESP32

https://kno.wled.ge/basics/install-binary/

#SBC #ESP32 #microController #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102

Dendrobatus Azureus Sep 24

This is een important word of warning from the wLED Creator

New setups should use the ESP32 not the dated ESP8266 because that micro controller reaches end of life / end of support soon. The ESP32 also has Bluetooth which The ESP8266 lacks.

Heed his Warning

https://kno.wled.ge/basics/getting-started/

#SBC #ESP32 #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102 #EOL

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Dendrobatus Azureus Sep 24

These are the links to the previous toots regarding the subject

Toot zero
https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Dendrobatus_Azureus/115257558428685889

Toot one

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@Dendrobatus_Azureus/115257640130789367

#SBC #ESP32 #Raspberry #Pi5 #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102

Dendrobatus Azureus (@Dendrobatus_Azureus@bsd.cafe)

Attached: 1 image Today I learned about an incredible project for the ESP32 project WLED! ✨ It's an implementation of a ESP32/ESP8266 webserver to control NeoPixel LEDs Read all about it on the website. https://kno.wled.ge/ #SBC #ESP32 #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102

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Dendrobatus Azureus Sep 24

Now you can learn how to do the wLED control on the Raspberry Pi5

So first start with my previous post then come to this one. Of course you understand why this logic is used; first learn to crawl then Sprint.

https://tynick.com/blog/01-28-2020/controlling-wled-with-raspberry-pi-using-the-wled-api/

#SBC #Raspberry #Pi5 #ESP32 #controller #NeoPixel #WLED! ✨ #ESP8266 #webserver #WS2812B #WS2811 #SK6812 #LEDs #SPI #WS2801 #APA102