Led controller for segmented led

So i bought a floor lamp, similer to the hue signe lamp, its segmented but i dont know if wled would be a good option for it or what controller would be a good option, it has 4 pins

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MorganCS@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (23 replies)

Look at Quinled DIG series. They are the best ESP based controllers.

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Watching a video on the dig-uno so would i use all 4 connecters here, in the video he only used 3 but since mine has 4 pins, that means all 4 on those right? At. Least if I understand it correctly

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Watching a video on the dig-uno so would i use all 4 connecters here, in the video he only used 3 but since mine has 4 pins, that means all 4 on those right? At. Least if I understand it correctly

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (18 replies)

Whoa lots of options, any specific ones you recommend for 4 pin led? Just so i don't have to look in the all of them, also, i can't find any info about the lamp online, so it's hard to find out if it's rgbw but I think it is

MorganCS@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

You can start with the Dig Uno if you want expandability, or you could get a dig2go and just use a usb-c power supply

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

But it looks like the dig2go only uses 3 wires

CmdrShepard@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

And it's only 5V IIRC. Your lights may be 12V (check the power supply). Honestly you can just run it off a bare ESP8266 or ESP32 dev board without the Dig shield if you want to try it out without spending a bunch up front.

MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y (14 replies)

4 pins is usually just RGB, since one of them is the common pin.

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (12 replies)

Okay, its my first project with rgb strip, though its inside the device, but on all the diagram pictures i have found with the quinled digs it looks like only 3 wires is going to the leds

MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y (11 replies)

3 wires is usually digital LEDs like WS2812B or similar. You probably want their 4 channel analog LED board: https://quinled.info/quinled-an-quad/

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I also have an extra esp32 laying around bit i dont know much about which pins does what, i have tried to learn, but never really had a specific need to learn it, so i never really understood what i was looking at, I always need reason to learn, otherwise i just can't really learn anything

CmdrShepard@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

WLED has pin diagrams that you can use to connect things together. Find out the voltage your LEDs use and then go from there. 4 pin addressable are typically something like the WS2811 or WS2815

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (8 replies)

But isn't analog led the non addressable leds?

CmdrShepard@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y (7 replies)

Correct. You should have addressable if they're segmented.

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It can do a vertical rainbow and stuff so it must be addressable, but it also has a mode with multiple static colors, where every color covers 3 leds so im pretty sure its segmented, but its hard to tell when in rainbow mode, and the 3 LEDs per color could be an astatic choice

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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CmdrShepard@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

OP said they're segmented meaning they must be addressable LEDs. You're referring to analog LEDs where the entire strip can only be one color at a time.

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Watching a video on the dig-uno so would i use all 4 connecters here, in the video he only used 3 but since mine has 4 pins, that means all 4 on those right? At. Least if I understand it correctly

Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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Oliper202020@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

It might be rgbw but im not sure, but it has two whites, one looks to be created with rgb, but the other one looks like it's actually a white led, but I could be mistaken, its from go/tech