Getting Started with WLED in 2021

[@NickRains]

🎉Control WLED strip with Light Switch 😍 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4PMqZuBm8yHgK8

[@RoyalG]

Thank you for this video. It's simple and easy. For anyone that has no wiring experience. This made the installation a complete breeze and without any mistakes! Love it!

[@yourpalfranc]

AT LAST! Finally, a fairly simple project video with a parts list to get started with this lighting!! I've been waiting for a few years now. What's even cooler is that it appears that everything is currently in stock at Amazon!! Wooo hooo! I hope these are affiliate links for you, 'cause you deserve a commission! Can't wait to get started!! ~Frank

[@paulhyland3528]

great vid man, had a spare mcu laying about, 5 mins later i have wled. now to buy led. you gained a sub

[@NewYears1978]

If the controller IS getting too hot what is the solution? I have had several boards fail and I can't figure out why but suspect it is heat. I have a 5v 2 amp phone charger and have a limiter set to between 850 to 1500 but it seems my ESP8266 are getting super hot. Maybe I need to get a real power supply and not the phone chargers. Any suggestions? It seems when I set the limiter too high is when the board ends up dying...but I have never set it higher than about 85% of the chargers power (I set it to about 1850mA once and it died 30 mins later). Very frustrated as I have been working on this for nearly a month and have gone through 5 ESP boards. (2 of them were DOA, 1 died quickly after, 2 worked awhile then died)

[@antonrickert9427]

Thank you so much, I wanted to use wled for so long but I never got it to work on a wemos d1 mini. But then I saw you use the 1mb .bin file. I tried it as well and now everything works. Thanks!

[@TownshendChristmasLights]

Also make sure the. USB cable is a data cable and not just a charge cable.

[@danielducu]

Yeah, I’d go deeper with the explanation on the safety part. 300w can easily start a fire if no proper wire is used , no fuses , also, if your controller is further away from the strips (as in starting from 6-7ft away) you need a level shifter in there so that the data signal be clean Al the way. nice video but people can have real problems if they don’t follow some safety rules

[@poruatokin]

One point, you completely missed to mention that you might need drivers for the UART chip

[@curtismartin252]

Thanks for the video! Very helpful! What camera + Lens + mic combo did you use to film this? Great quality!

[@JonathanChan333]

Lucking forward to the video on using a physical switch

[@TommyTimebomb100]

Thank you.

[@josephwilliamcosta]

Where is the light switch video mentioned at the end of this video???

[@WM22]

Lovely been waiting for this video since my last comment in you’r last video, You’re doing good with the backlight for the videos ! And for your website the top bar is hiding half of your channel banner if the website is built by another website it’s probably just them Also you could put a Amazon echo dot up above the cabinets and have a sensor when you come in the room they come on, Or maybe you can just have a IR motion sensor that is wired to a certain pin that can possibly get signals, well its an alternative? Edit: And annoyingly I cant do this to my house because its my family’s house since I’m a teenager at the moment, And at the moment we are currently trying to make our garden look like new by painting the fence and such and spending a lot of money on the house as the house we purchased was not completely built... so I’m basically watching this becoming more and more sad thinking about it because I cant do any smart things... But I do have smart things in my bedroom but not major stuff but there is not much to improve on really! Hmmmmmm... maybe keeping a straight smile that’s all I can think of looking at you talking.. What else... Banana Yeah idk what else to write because I cant think of anything else ok I’ll stop now have a good day whoever is reading this and goodbye 👍👍✌🏻✌🏻

[@meepmeeppaul]

Addition idk about 8266 but esp32 i learned have issues with 5ghz wifi use 2.5. None of my 3 esp32s would connect to my 5ghz wifi all 3 had 0 issues with 2.5 though. Took me about 2 hours to figure out that was the issue with why wled couldnt locate them.

[@nawafbana8100]

Dear, thank you for nice helpful Video, I have two led strips connected to Di mini, how can I connect them together regarding 5V, ground and data, every thing is fine connected to Home Assistant only for one Led , your support please

[@grogers4277]

I am running a ws2815 5M strip on a MEAN WELL LRS-350-12v psu. Do you recommend front and end loading injection and if so, would 12v injection be overkill or should I use a step down converter to 5v at end? ty for your time.

[@NickRains]

If you’re using 12 volt lights and just the one strip, you should be fine as long as your power supply isn’t super far away from the strip. The important part is to try to keep your controller as close as possible to your strip (node mcu or D1 mini)

[@BlueBotTech]

Great video! What camera do you use if you don't mind my asking?

[@enesch69]

Where are the other video's mentioned the more advanced ones?

[@NickRains]

Working on it. Sorry for the long delay, I had a crazy summer but I'm getting back into making videos and have some ideas in the works including a much needed update to this video.

[@bryanturner4868]

Thank you for the video - helped me connect ESP8622 to my laptop, Just a question if you don't mind: id like to use the ESP8622 to connect to an LED strip in my bathroom to use as ambient lighting, Do you know if its possible to add a normal light switch to any of the pins, my goal would be to turn the LEDs off, but when i turn the light switch back on the same set up is still running - meaning they go back to how they were running (in the WLED APP) prior to turning them off - Thanks in Advance

[@NickRains]

I figured it out. I wrote the video (it’s a bit more complicated than I excepted, but it works really well). My goal is to have the video uploaded by Tuesday

[@bryanturner3557]

Great news …. Looking forward to it…

[@NickRains]

Sorry for the delay. I wanted to wait for the big home assistant update and it broke a few things for me. But my idea still works. Basically, I would hook up a Shelly to your switch and have it transmit over mqtt. Video is still coming, it is just delayed between weather issues and my other job.

[@bryanturner3557]

@@NickRains totally get you, work always gets in the way 🤪

[@NickRains]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4PMqZuBm8yHgK8 I FINALY finished it

[@-shadyG]

hopefully someone commented about lack of fuze to save your controller and strips.. and your house.

[@lindahill4079]

Thanks for your video. I have my lights all set up on the Halloween mode. But I have some questions. They turn on by themselves. They go to default mode after a while and I can't get the time controlled presets. I think if I can figure these things out, I would be set. Is there a way you can help me? How can I contact you?

[@WM22]

Noooo where did the resent video goo I wanted to watch it!!!

[@matyouzbachi9008]

Can you put the link for those aluminum brackets for the leds?

[@NickRains]

amzn.to/3f387Zr They come in different sizes and angles. In my kitchen I use the "V" shape. They are cuttable with a hack saw .

[@pfurrie]

Thanks, but can you ditch the music, or turn it WAY down?

[@Navevis]

In segmentation, say I have my strip on the back of my table and it extends to the shelves on the wall by its side, Can I set up the leds on the table to be a different color to those on the shelves?

[@NickRains]

Yes, exactly. You can even have your table LEDs on and the shelf lights off if you wanted. It's a little difficult to control, but basically it can treat them as two different lights.

[@koonmiv4832]

What LED strips can I use, I’m a college student so I’m a lil broke and was hoping to get a strip that would be about $20 for 16 foot 300 LED strip, where could I find these?

[@NickRains]

amzn.to/30ShibZ I've used these before. They aren't RGBW, but they work pretty well. But you'll have to get a power supply and of course program a controller with WLED. If you want a pre-built option, give makes pretty decent LED strips at a good price amzn.to/3plvIe1

[@geevvormgeeving]

Where are the other videos you mentioned?

[@justin51ams]

Any luck getting this to work on the M1 MacBooks yet?

[@SuperMaxssimo]

D1 mini ws2811 12v e possibile?

[@xTSAFEx]

Informative video! Did you take down the video connecting WLED to a light switch?

[@NickRains]

No, I had a crazy summer and had to take a break from uploading. But I’m getting back to making videos and will have an updated one on WLED soon as well as the tips and tricks one.

[@xTSAFEx]

@@NickRains Ok thanks! Have a great weekend

[@rgmtb]

@@NickRains Looking forward to that next video 👍

[@GnobarEl]

@@NickRains Can't wait to see it. Also, didn't you mention you had a more advanced video? I didn't found it :(

[@Thepuyalluphobbyhut]

Does anyone know why when I try to connect my falcon controller to wled it just says error? Thanks

[@RJ-iv6dv]

At 8:00 - how have you fixed the DC socket to the wall of the box?

[@NickRains]

I used a drill bit called a stepping bit, then I used a rubber grommet and held that down with super glue and then attached the barrel power connector with super glue.

[@RJ-iv6dv]

@@NickRains Thanks!

[@copcanopjr3271]

Where did he buy the LED strips and what are they called

[@Shozixx]

i don't undestand why my 144 strip led all the led are on, and i have setup 144 leds

[@AndyLake]

Can you run 12v WS2811 Led strip with the Node MCU Kit or does it have to be 5v Led strips

[@TownshendChristmasLights]

You can run 12v, it's a bit tricker. I power my d1 mini through the USB port, that gives it 5 volts. Then hook the leds positive and negative to a 12v power supply. Make sure its powerful enough to run 12v. I have a video on my channel showing the hardware set up for my Christmas display. Though for that I us ESPixelStick not wled. I use wled for other applications

[@SuperMaxssimo]

@@TownshendChristmasLights a me non funziona

[@bojuly9947]

there is a problem, when i unplug the power, the mcu doesn't save the settings, how to solve this

[@EdwinMartin]

Mandatory information missing in this video: unplug your power cable before screwing the leads. This is not obvious to everybody.

[@kat0197]

I've done same thing with led what cost 2 pound from ali......

[@fafechucky]

Please do the more advanced video

[@MrZeeshany]

Can I use ESP32-Wroom board instead of Node mcu?

[@TownshendChristmasLights]

Yes you can. In fact the they are have better WiFi signal and more stable. They cost a little bit more too.

[@MrZeeshany]

@@TownshendChristmasLights Thanks , i was able to flash the esp32 with WLED_0.12.0_ESP32.bin. WLED is now easily installed following steps in this vdo. one question is about the D4 pin, I don't see that pin on ESP32-WROOM board, which pin would be used for data on that board? would you know? Thanks.

[@oljobo]

Hi! I love the info in your video! BUT‼️ 18Ampere current is Waay Too Much for those thin wires! Please educate yourself about this! Potential Fire Hazard!

[@NickRains]

I hope my video wasn't confusing. The power does not run through the esp microcontroller. The microcontroller shouldn't use even 1 amp. The LEDs can have their power ran through the microcontroller, but I personally don't recommend this unless you change a few things.

[@oljobo]

@@NickRains Hi, no I saw that. I was referring to the thin wires going from your power supply 🙏😊

[@Almaguer.]

Is there a way to connect Wled to a google home ?

[@NickRains]

Are you using home assistant?

[@chrislawson7675]

Dude, this is a nice video and you speak well, but the music makes it unwatchable after about a minute.

[@allstringsattached8]

Hii, I am receiving this as an error- "Unexpected error: could not open port 'COM12': FileNotFoundError(2, 'The system cannot find the file specified.', None, 2)" pls can you help me out here

[@NickRains]

What kind of computer are you using? Try another usb cable. Also sometimes I just have bad esp chips, lights will work and everything seems fine, but it won’t let me program it.

[@ggate01]

did you figure it out?

[@Maccaboy1984]

Another good video, but I wish Americans could pronounce solder..😀

[@WM22]

Lol it’s just their accent, What country are you in? United Kingdom? Because I am...

[@Sparky_D]

YES! It stresses me out, I swear they feel like the L is silent. (I'm in Australia)

[@adrynov]

It still better than "route"

[@Mr1279Dave]

Could not locate the more advanced video.

[@zacksears3708]

Where is the next video?

[@NickRains]

I swear I’m working on it. I have a few surprises in store.

[@DigitalArtisan77]

Your next video appears private

[@danielmpr]

If I use a D1 mini... do I need a level shifter?

[@NickRains]

It will work without one as long as you are sending only 5 volts.

[@chriswoods9857]

Not working on windows 10. It flashed to the D1 Mini but I cannot find it on a network through my computer

[@NickRains]

Does the light on the D1 mini flash when you press the reset button? Also I tried flashing with windows and only ran into issues. It’s actually really easy if you have a raspberry pi, I’ve been thinking about making a video showing that.

[@chriswoods9857]

It sure does. I wasn't sure if there is some other code or something I have to put on it or not. I am very new to this, like 5 hours new to this lol. I have been watching video after video and reading forum after form and I cannot find anywhere that I can fix this. So in this video I am getting that you had bought this controller, installed the drivers, installed arduino ide, downloaded wled, downloaded the flash program, flashed the controller, installed the board on arduino and bam you got lights? No other programming or coding to type in? No setup of the said name or password?

[@TioAleho]

hi, wled is for ws2811???

[@NickRains]

It will work with several types of LEDs, but yes it will work with 2811

[@hasserecht3678]

I wonder what the thumbnail has to do with smart LEDs... or is the baby just a cheap clickbait?

[@saveriog.825]

He's the future...! ⏰

[@jobrien4188]

annoying music