WLED VS led-mapper

I installed a custom firmware on my smart kettle and made it respond with the HTTP status code "418 I'm a teapot". [1]

I used an ESP32 to automate my kitchen rangehood light and fan [2].

I've flashed ESPHome on few smart outlets and powerboards. A lot of WiFi enabled devices that you buy in stores are actually white-labelled "Tuya" products, and there's a big community effort to hack the ESP32 chips and run your own custom firmware, such as ESPHome and Tasmota. Most off-the-shelf WiFi products don't work without the manufacturer's cloud services and apps. ESPHome means that everything works locally and it doesn't need to make any requests to the public internet.

I have KC868-AG IR/RF hubs in every room [3]. I found an awesome supplier on AliExpress who builds products specifically for ESPHome. They're quite expensive but they work really well. I mainly use them to control our air conditioners. I use one in my workshop to control an old CRT TV. And I also use them as "Bluetooth Proxies" [4] for Home Assistant. This means that I don't have to worry about range for bluetooth devices (temp/humidity sensors, switchbot, and LPG gas tank sensor.)

I also run WLED [5] to control a few LED strips. One behind my desk in my office, and one on a board gaming table. I use Zigbee LED controllers for most of my LED lighting, but I like all the effects and patterns you can do with WLED.

[1] https://madebynathan.com/2021/08/19/kogan-smart-kettle/

[2] https://madebynathan.com/posts/2022-09-30-automating-my-kitc...

[3] https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003833775634.html?spm=a2...

[4] https://esphome.io/components/bluetooth_proxy.html

[5] https://kno.wled.ge/

I’ll do you one better: Here is the WLED main site - they cover everything - however you want it for your vehicle is up to you! (If you want to see a truck I personally worked (with 2 other main guys doing the woodwork and wiring) on that was probably the “most expensive” project with these controllers, check out the SEMA entered “Realtree Stormtrooper truck” - a LOT of time went in to that and almost a year of prep, not a fan myself, but custom electronics are what I like doing)

Did you use the esp32.bin? If so, you should instead use ESP32-C3 here: https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/releases/download/v0.14.0/WLED_0.14.0_ESP32-C3.bin

Friend replaced all his govee cintrollers with WLED.

Multiple WLED controllers

I feel like I should start this post with a disclaimer. I tend to over-complicate things. Which means I'm making this post partly as a sanity check and partly to fill in some gaps in my kno.wled.ge

Look at WLED.

Haven't used this but you might check out this tool: https://jasoncoon.github.io/led-mapper/ it outputs for FastLED so I wonder if you could easily adapt it into WLED since that's what it is based off of (from my understanding).

App: https://jasoncoon.github.io/led-mapper