Configuring Light Strips with ESP32

  • There is a open source software for ESP32 called WLED

  • This is a lights controlling software which is hosted in ESP32

  • We can use the light strips (addressable light strips would be best) to control the light attributes such as brightness, colour, pattern, animation speed intensity and others.

  • And when one or multiple lights are setup with WLED, we can setup some presets with the needed settings for the lights in the room

  • Once the presets are set, we can use those presets in the automation script in Raspberry Pi

  • As WLED is a web application hosted on ESP32, we can just run a API by mentioning the sprcific preset number to activate the particular preset

  • For example, we can set a preset for evening time with preset color and brightness of lights. And when the time comes, the lights are turned on with the needed colors and needed brightness.

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