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WS2812b RGB LED controller with TCP and API support - ready-made solutions?

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  • #1 21136184
    luzak34
    Level 11  
    I am looking for an off-the-shelf RGB dios device/controller (WS2812b and all sorts of clones) through which I can control individual diodes via TCP (preferably some kind of API).
    In a network, for example, there will be 6 devices with 20 diodes each. Depending on what the user does on his computer, he wants to switch on/off the corresponding diode on the controller.
    I do not feel like DYI + a lot of soldering - I would definitely prefer ready-made drivers only to plug in the network and connect the diodes.
    I found something like this: https://mediarath.de/en/products/gledopto-gl-...mart-wifi-wled-led-stripe-controller-mic-uart
    but I don't know if it would be possible to write my own program to control it?
    Can you recommend any drivers?
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  • #3 21173185
    ElektroTechnikus
    Level 8  
    P. S.:

    However, if the whole LED-thing is to be installed in its own housing anyway, it would be much less overkill for 20 neopixels to use a small ESP82xx or ESP32 board with USB connection for 5 volt power supply plus 5 volt LEDs and to rely on Tasmota. For example a Wemos D1 mini clone for about 3€.

    The associated HTTP request for a series of Neopixels/WS2812 etc. (after appropriate port presetting) is also easier:

    Led<x> #RRGGBB = set hex color value where <x> is the pixel number of the LED. A blank-delimited list of colors sets multiple successive pixels.

    (https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Commands/#light)

    In the case of problems with 3.3 vs. 5 volts logic levels for example a separate WS2812 or other solutions are used as level shifters:

    https://hackaday.com/2017/01/20/cheating-at-5v-ws2812-control-to-use-a-3-3v-data-line/
    https://www.electrobob.com/ws2812-level-translator/

    But maybe the different WLED controllers are also reflashable with Tasmota. Perhaps one or the other manufacturer is willing to share a Tasmota template for his controller.
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