Tag: ws2812b leds

• #M5Stack: Christmas Lights using MicroPython & WS2812B Leds

  M5Stack, MicroPython | 4 min | 3502

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  micropython

  ws2812b

  esp32

  ws2812b leds

  micropython extensions

  m5stack fire

  m5stack

  esp32 projects

  Holiday season has begun and Christmas and the New Year 2020 are approaching! This means, time to reflect and to clean up code and, therefore, I am updating some of the GitHub's projects to summarize the year. I started with the Christmas lights project! But, this time, I took the M5Stack Fire and a new LED panel (WS2812b - 16x16 pixel) and with the XMasLight project, these are the results (Fig. 1 & 2):

  Fig. 1: M5Stack and a new WS2812b Panel (16x16 pixel).

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• #MicroPython: WeMos (ESP32) and Amazon Echo (Alexa) - Switching LED Colors!

  Home Automation, MicroPython | 7 min | 16047

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  micropython

  esp32

  wemos

  belkin

  amazon echo

  ws2812b leds

  home automation

  I don’t have any Belkin WeMo system or Philips Hue light bulbs. However, I have two ESP32 running MicroPython (see my last article), and a W2812b LED strip, and I thought I should be able to say, "Echo/Alexa, turn on the kitchen light" or "Echo/Alexa, turn on the blue light" and It should work with this setup.

  And... it works as you can see in this video!

  If you are interesting in only using the code, then click here. Otherwise, you can read the complete story... ;)

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