Shelly RGBW PM - The color of awesome.

[@maliciousloki]

Loving your dry wit. ;) Excellent vid.

[@smartercircuits]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@PSiHtm]

This is definitely neat!

[@smartercircuits]

Yeah, it's a pretty handy little doodad and it plays well with the other children, so to speak. Thanks for droppin' in!

[@chunkkingmann309]

Cheers for the easily amused!

[@smartercircuits]

@@chunkkingmann309 I won't lie, I watched the end a few times while editing just because. Thanks for checking it out!

[@HouseOfBane79]

Good video. I like your background lit normally without the extra LED lighting. I think normally lighting comes of more professionally and makes me feel like im about to learn something. I'm an electrician who is remodeling a sailboat. I would like to find a way to control RGBW's that will take an input from photo switch or relay and then only allow blue to be output by the controller. It would be even cooler if i had an analog input as well that would control brightness. When I'm sailing at night far far away from lights my eyes adjust to the darkness incredibly well, but if I were to go into the boat and turn the lights without remembering to adjust color or brightness it will take about 20 to 30 minutes for my eyes to readjust. Any guidance would be appreciated.

[@smartercircuits]

I appreciate the feedback and I tend to agree. I prefer it to look like I'm sitting down to talk to someone, not invite them to a rave. On the sailboat: First, awesome! Second, I'm thinking you might be able to mix tech a little. There's an analog input on the Shelly Add-on (which would snap to the back of the RGBW like the one I put on) that you could probably use to read a photo sensor. If you don't mind a little extra work, you could also use a Raspberry Pi Pico for your sensor and write a script to send RPC commands to the Shelly RGBW controller. In this way, you could even include a color sensor, if that would be useful. You could also just use the Pico with WS2812B addressable LEDs if you wanted to control individual sections of lights, but you'd be better off using the RGBW lights if brightness is a concern--also they're easier to setup and just be done with. Personally, I'd go with the Add-on simply because it snaps right onto the RGBW control and then just do some calibration testing over a day or two to get an idea of the output ranges of the sensor. I would also recommend using red when the light level is super low because it would preserve your night vision (if you weren't already aware of that). I'm not sure if this would be an issue being visible outside as it could possibly be misinterpreted as a marker light from a distance, but if not, it would help significantly to reduce time adjusting your eyes. Sorry so long, hope this helps, and thanks for dropping in!