WiLED is an Open Source project to control various types of LED strips with ESP8266. 5050 SMD and WS28xx LED strips are supported.

How to install

IMPORTANT: Download the latest release version (ZIP file) from HERE and upload the binary file or compile the source code.

Click on the image above to watch the video.

Building from Source

• Install Arduino IDE
• Install driver for ESP8266 https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino
• Install plugin for ESP8266 Sketch Data Upload https://github.com/esp8266/arduino-esp8266fs-plugin
• Install Adafruit_NeoPixel, Espalexa, WebSockets, WifiManager and WS2812FX Libraries

Upload the pre-compiled binary

Download the latest release version WiLED.ino.nodemcu.bin and use ESPTool or ESPFlashDownloadTool to upload the binary to ESP8266.

Features

User ...

• ... doesn't need to install any app to controlle the LED strip
• ... can controlle the LED strip via Webinterface or via Alexa
• ... Alexa can detect this skill as multiple devices, you may include the number of devices by increase this line #define ESPALEXA_MAXDEVICES 15 in definitions.h
• ... to invoke custom Skills, use:
  • Alexa turn light on
  • Alexa turn light 1 on
  • Alexa turn light off
• ... can upload new file from within a Web browser without having to connect to the ESP8266 over USB
  • http://esp8266.local/update
• ... may load the firmware to ESP module using Wi-Fi connection OTA (Over the Air)

Adaption

To controle SMD or WS28xx LED strips you need to set #define SMD_STRIP 1 or #define WS28_STRIP 1 in definitions.h Make sure that you set only one to 1 and the other one to 0

If you don't want to use Alexa set #define USE_ALEXA 0

Wiring

Things you need (Shopping Cart)

ESP82666

5050 SMD or WS28xx

(Optional) Alexa echo or any other version