Doing your 1st LED Project, Step by Step, Start to Finish, w/ DrZzs & Zzachy ws2812 + DigUno + WLED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- I wish I could come to your house and help you with your LED project. Since that's just not possible, here's a video of me doing a whole project, step by step. I hope it helps.
Here's the stuff we used:
( If any of these links don't work, look here: drzzs.com/prod... or www.amazon.com... )
ws2812b 30/m: Amazon - amzn.to/3mi9rJ7 AliExpress - s.click.aliexpr...
DigUno: www.drzzs.com/shop (US orders)
quinled.info/2... (International)
Power Supply: Amazon - amzn.to/3onjCgz
Aluminum Channel w/ Diffuser: Amazon - amzn.to/3abKi0x AliExpress - s.click.aliexpr...
Wire: amzn.to/3m81OFe
Sonic Screwdriver: www.banggood.c...
Soldery Melty Connectors: amzn.to/379Psbn
Pixie Lights: s.click.aliexp...
WLED: github.com/Air...
IMPORTANT LINKS:
drZzs.com
#DrZzs
Discord help from the Pixelheads: / discord
#wLED Discord: / discord
LED Troubleshooting Flowchart: drzzs.com/wp-c...
LED Flicker Troubleshooting Flowchart: drzzs.com/wp-c...
US get #QuinLED #DigUno board here: drzzs.com/shop...
International here: quinled.info/p...
US get QuinLED #DigQuad board here: drzzs.com/shop...
International customers here: quinled.info/p...
#PermaTrack Community Page: / discord
Buy PermaTrack: www.permatrack...
www.drzzs.com/...
drzzs.com/prod...
www.amazon.com...
Social Media:
Discord DrZzs - discord.me/drzzs
DrZzs Facebook Page: DrZzs
Message: m.me/DrZzs
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Discord Home Assistant - / discord
Twitter: / dr_zzs
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DrZzs you're like the LED Dad I never had to each me about all things LED.
I missed these types of focused how-to videos that you used to produce. I have learned so much from your past ones that you made, and have change my life style greatly from them Dr. Zzs. But your current venue of 2hr web chat are just to choppy to make any start to finish results from on any given topic that you are squirreling about:) Please make more "to the point" focused videos like these please sir
I agree, I love your videos, but I skip the livestreams due to lack of time. But I miss a lot of your knowledge.
This episode is golden!
I was going to say this very thing.
Love you Z........
But i have to agree. Shorter vids getting to the point. Your working too hard brother!! Thanks for everything!!!
Merry Christmas!
The sheer amount of WLED clients on your network is hilarious.
Great down to basics / nuts and bolts how to video DrZzs! Looks like you have great kids too, Now could you do the same kind of detailed basic video with two or three or more 5 meter roles of LED strips maybe SK6812 RGBW LED strips. Then show in much detail how you would connect each 5 meter strip together with power, ground and data and then show in detail how you then connect each 5 meter strip with power injection. Everyone talks about "power injection" on TH-cam but I cannot find anyone that will spend the time and show in great detail with all the basics and the logic explained and show on video how to physically connect multiple LED strips together with power injection. Please will you do another video on this? I think you would clear alot of confusion and shed alot of light for all of us novice want a be LED fans.
"Aleka turn off the toyroom fancy lights" 😀
Thanks for not confusing Alexa in so many peoples houses
😂
I was like , “who tf is aleka???”
Now we know what Mrs DrZzs fell in love with before the hair.... hahah Great video.
Great father son project nice work guys👍👍
Hey Phil G, I'm a Phil G too! I decided to mix it up a bit with my TH-cam name though
Great video. Thank you, very helpful. The one thing missing that would have helped is if you would demonstrated power injection for longer runs. That aside, this video took a lot of my concerns away about undertaking this project
Dude, I love you!!! I've been freaking out about a power supply i brought because it's 60amp 5v, I was worried it would fry my led strings. You completely answered my question!
I think there is some misinformation, or not made clear should i say. I believe if u use the power supply on the strips it most certainly will fry them. I think the main factor here is, if u use that setup with diguno / controller it may not . I have seen videos saying dont put to much amps on the lights and that is whole reason for power injecting from end to end, that If u tried to use high amperage on one end only it would fry them and that u would need to use lower amps and inject power on both ends if that makes sense. The limiting factor here is the djiguno in this setup. If I am wrong , i would love to have this cleared up. Also There wasnt much said about the extra power wires on the strip, that is the area , I am unclear on how much power to send , and when to use those wires instead of the diguno for power.
Damn, I didn't even know that the DigiUno existed. That, and the soldery melty thingies will make my life so much easier. Thanks DrZzs!
he prob don't like saying it because the name is supper long.. Waterproof Solder Sleeve Heat Shrink Butt Wire Tube Terminal Connectors. to be exact lol i would also call them plastic thingy
0/10 dentists approve of this video.
Best Tool Ever. :)
It's safer than opening a beer bottle with the teeth ;)
I don't know what I'd do without my $5 Harbor Freight wire strippers and $7 multi-meter. lol.
What, you don't have a wire-stripping notch on your tooth? You're not as committed to your avocation as I had thought.
Just had a deep cleaning and the hygienist pulled a piece of wire out from deep in my gums. Oops!
Thanks for your supporting.😊
Thanks this video made me purchase 8 strips and a digiuno. Going to tail them together and make the lights in my office with it. Thank you for sharing.
@DrZzs - Very well done. My 1st contact with WLED is long ago but everytime it is a little adventure, haha. Your son can be very lucky. My father had never time for me only when he hit me. My kids say: daddy you are the best. You can fix it all and you are nerd in computer sience. Haha, daddy make it possible. Like your videos a lot and everybody can learn a bit from it for himself even he is an expert like me. Thank You for your work for WLED.
Just ordered all supplies to start my 1st LED project. Thanks for the video, very informative and straight forward.
If you have any questions about our products, you can contact with our service email: support@btf-lighting.com😊
His specific example will probably be OK due to the low current draw....
17:15 ish... Never solder/tin wires being used in those style headers. The data line will be OK, but the power wires could overheat. Solder will 'give' over time causing a loose connection. This is a major issue w/ 3D Printer main boards. Leave the wires bare or crimp on ferrules.
I would like to confirm this recommendation as I have witnessed it in my working environment.
You did a great job explaining the electrical information necessary to make an led strip. I thought that they only sell pre-made kits. Very cool.
I like the simple way you explain stuff. Makes it easy to understand!
Worked in Avionics for years and we used to use the "Soldery melty things" all the time. We always called them Ray-Chems because they came from a company of the same name. lol I'm sure they have a more technical name but I like yours more.
I would like to know the name of those "soldery melty things" so I can get me some please.
I’m thinking this is your son, this really made me feel like I was a younger cousin learning how to do things. Awesome work brother!!
Thank you so much, that was so helpful, not only for the lights I'm working on but many other things..
Talk about doppelganger lol . I can't wait until my son is old enough to do projects like this with me :)
Simple and solid enough! Gonna bite the bullet and buy a minimal setup just to familiarize myself so I can then properly understand the design process
5v Power Supply instead of the 12v one linked above as the LED strips are also 5v:
www.amazon.com/Aclorol-100-240V-Converter-Transformer-5-5X2-5mm/dp/B08744HB1X
This is awesome but man, would I love a video of you using a bare metal power supply, showing how to cut the wires (specifically powering the power supply), how you normally would mount, and then each port powering different LEDs (from a DigiQuad). Would be awesome...
This was awesome guys. As much as I love the live streams, I love these kind of videos too.
Job. Well. Done.
This was awesome. Looks like I will be doing this in my office. Thanks for the info.
Glad it helped!
Great instructive YT video! Have never played with this type of controller, but will definitely give it a go! Hope your next video on this subject will just continue to grow on this first project. Thanks for all your efforts!
looking at doing a wled project soon and this was really helpful. also your relationship with your son seems awesome
literally found this video as im working on my first custom project. Thank you! This is so well explained for someone who has little electrical background! Enjoy this newest subscriber!
ZOMG! Only half of the lights were working for me and I thought it was because the power supply wasn't. Now because of your video I find it's because it's limited by the software!
The "Donde Estas, Mi Amor" had me rolling! LOL
Yesssssssss same
Great video helped me setup the DigUno that just came in the mail.
Hazaa magic powers! Nice Studio C reference:)
thank you for this! Doing first one right now!
Good luck!!
Ty. Just got the 2 digunos I ordered. Going to do this next week
NO SOLDER on any connection PLEASE!
Great walkthrough 👍
Thanks for sharing your knowledge to all of us 👍😊
This is just not always possible, as your demands regarding a setup grow so does what you need to know and learn to achieve it. In this case DrZZs used some very easy to use "bud" solder connections, not really soldering at all, just heading it up a bit, done!
Holy freaking frack not too confusing is it 🤦🏻♂️ lol. I like how you can set the effects like the fireworks and whatever else it has. Can they be purchased already programmed for different effects instead of the boring blinking and fading modes?
This is the best video on TH-cam.
Great intro to lightstrips
As an electrician that has to land a bunch of 16 guage control wire i need that little electric screw driver man
it's the Xiaomi Wow Stick :) I love it
@@DrZzs I have one myself I love it.
Nice Video! Planning on putting some up in my room!
I love the wire stripping
What surprised me is that you didn’t care about power injection at all, why is that?
Thank you very much for this video. Been looking for something like this for a long time. Very helpful and looked like you guys had a blast doing it. Hope to do this with my daughters room. Thanks again.
Nice screwdriver with the light I want one where did you get it? Very cool LEDs I like how easy it was to program.
Thanks for sharing.
I recently got on Amazon and purchased some of that aluminum channel... they sent me a 10 lb slide hammer, and a slide hammer wheel hub/axle puller kit... never even looked at those on amazon..project on hold I guess...
The box weight surprised me when I was expecting (6) 3ft channels..
Great video. Reminds me when my 20 year old son and I do a project. Do you have a link for the Aluminium strips.
Fellow Aussie! Just search for them on AliExpress or Banggood. You'll find them easy
AU $3.38 24%OFF | 50cm U-Style V-Style YW-Style Aluminium Channel Holder for LED Strip Light Bar Under Cabinet Lamp Kitchen 1.8cm Wide
a.aliexpress.com/_mOEKvH3
@@Sparky_D Great.. thanks Dave, much appreciated
very very cool, Just what I needed !
Unfortunately, I missed being able to get a DigUno from you, but I did score one of those high-speed multi-screw drivers!! Guess I'll have to wait on the light project. The light strips are sold out, too. ~Frank
Are those wires the typical 22 awg? Ive found those wires always too thin for leds
Great video chaps!!! I’m gonna be doing my first led project soon :)
3:51 He is already bored with the math and ready to get on with the lights! ;-)
right! stinker yawning at me
This video waa adorable.
I always use 12V LEDs... strips or singles. This way less amps are pulled, and smaller wire can be used.
And higher-amp 12V power supplies are cheaper...
Very clear and educational
Thank you! The basic basics is what I needed. Now I'm gonna go do some damage! :D
I am truly enjoying all your videos that I have seen. I want to use led lights for Christmas this year. I don't know if I should use led strips, or bulbs. 5V or 12V (Is this like VHS or BETA) lol. I want to start out with the roof line of my house and the front windows. I have calculated the total number of feet but I don't know how many strands of lights I would need like the old school Christmas lights. I have seen where you need to inject power after so many pixels. How would I know if I need more than one DigUno for what I want to do. So many questions, I start getting overwhelmed so I hope you can point me in the right direction. I will keep watching all your videos and try to figure this out. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
Great video !
Question:
How do you use a single strip but hide certain LED lights while you are using that strip, for example you want them hidden behind a board and then continue on lit, and then hide them again behind another board.
I can’t seem to find out how to turn off individual LED lights on the same strip?
You don’t turn off the individual leds you would cut the strip and solder wire in between where you dont want the led’s lit up. It can be a pretty tricky solder job and takes a bit of practice but is 100% possible.
Hey Dr. Can you please also list the channels, and if there are extra mounting hardware that's necessary. This is almost EXACTLY the project I want to do in my daughter's room, so this was a HUGE help. Thank you thank you thank you!
I wish he would of did the whole outline of the room instead of that 1 line since I haven’t seen this project done at all on TH-cam and how it’s done been wanting to do this for my bedroom and gaming room for a long time
Doing your first LED light strip before calling your dentist OR A harsh reminder why we make sure power is disconnected
There's the right way
Then there's my way
I wish I was kidding
I'm a Master Electrician and I still feel the same way.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. This is very helpful.
Great tutorial! Where can I find some of the 2812 fairy lights.
Thanks that was very helpful
23:00 I've heard more than one person dis those shrink tubes. The solder is very low quality. For small strips like his they are likely OK, but real solder and heat shrink would be preferred for higher power installs. 👍
Now if only the dig-uno was available for purchase.... When do you expect them back in stock?
I think it's only fair there's a video of Zack being tested if he can do this alone next time
I follow your first vedio with the nod mcu but I was having trouble with finding the device after refresh it ,and I couldn't set it up .
is the digono different ? is it ready to go because I want to order one and I don't want to have the same problem .excuse my knowledge with this things am new into this .
thank you.
Thank you DrZzs, love the content!
Great Video Dr! Anybody have a link to those ws2812 fairy lights?
Any chance you have a video showing/describing the different LED's , ie WS2812 and ? and ?
and show what each is capable of...
and then pushing luck, showing how they connected to HA and what can be done, effects ?
Starting to look plan next year xMas...
I love your videos. But I am just wondering why go this route? Just with the LED's, Diguno, and power supply your cost are about $68.00. You can get Govee Lights on Amazon for ranging prices of $23 to 50 dollars. I get you like DIY but this is not very cost effective. Are there more programming options that you like better? I am a huge fan of LED strips I have 13 sets in my house. Just curious why go this way? Great video!
Do you have any recommendations on enclosure for diguno?
Thanks for the video, great job at explaining!
I wanna do a big light up on my home. I've watched several of videos and I still have doubts and concerns. It be easier to msg than make comments across TH-cam. Cause there always seems to be given options which then makes me second guess what I should do for my application and what I want my application to do far as lighting. Great stuff great content on your videos.
Does watching this count for Family Home Evening for the week?
Some very strong genes on display there.
Here is me working with electrical engineers for many yrs… just let me do the assembly LOL you deal with volts and amps, just make sure it work though. 🤯🤪😂
Great video and very informative. In this video you mention a 5v 10a converter and the link sends me to a 12v 10a converter. What’s the dilio buddy? 😂 This is obviously not my thing but your work is very inspiring.
That Power Supply in the links is 12V, or am I missing something ....??
Individually Addressable Lighting Sidewalk Ideas?
LED Lighting in Concrete?
I was wondering if anyone has tackled trying to embed Individually 5050 RGB LED into a concrete sidewalk? I've been trying to figure out how to do this without the concrete eating the project over time.
Most of the research said aluminum and concrete aren't recommended due to the off-gassing produced when the concrete gets wet. The second issue is the extreme temperature variation it would encounter from -40 to +35 Centigrade and, of course, regular maintenance like shovelling snow or mowing the Lawn. The project would involve running the LED on the perimeter of the sidewalk, but it has to be able to deal with wet, cold and traffic walking on it. I was looking at the weatherproof 5050 Lights. I'm just not sure how to make it practical. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
James
Can I second, third, and fourth this comment? Any follow up to this James? I was wondering about maybe having areas embedded in concrete that are epoxy and removable...
@@Haloisgood Sadly... just silence.... (insert crickets chirping)
What rail and diffusers did you use? They aren't in the description
Search for "aluminum led track strips" on Amazon. Tons of options depending on what you need. www.amazon.com/s?k=aluminum+led+track+strips&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Go to Rob's Channel "The Hook up" He explains it there. th-cam.com/video/_UiqrnRiqpk/w-d-xo.html
Hey there, I started working with LED last Christmas because of watching your videos, thank you!
Last year your basic guide uses an ESP8266 chip, do you not use those anymore? I got a few last year so are they not as good as what you are using now?
ALMOST exactly what I've been looking for over the past month!!!! THANKS!! But, I said almost...can you control something like this with xLights. I know that's probably overkill, but I'd just like to get a sense of how xLights works. Thanks again, and Happy Holidays!!!! ~Frank
Thank you! That was very informative!
Nice work👍
Welcome to choose BTF-LIGHTING lightstrip 🙂
I love the video and great explanations. Dentists are going to hate your example of stripping wire with your teeth. I did that a lot in my 20's, cracked a tooth, and am still paying for it now, in my '70's. NOT recommended!
Thanks guys. Good stuff. 👍👍
I've been watching a lot of your videos and learning a lot. Thanks. I have a question I'm not sure if you have covered or not. I hope I explain it correctly. I'm looking at putting lights in the trees in my front yard. I am thinking about running a 50 light string up each large branch. I want each string to do the same thing. Do I need to use a controller for each string or can I wire the data line of multiple strings to the same data pin to achieve the same pattern on all the strings? It seems like it should work as long as the data pin did not "brown out" with too many stings. I know there is the digiquad and that is what I will probably use but that only has 4 outputs and my tree has more than 4 branches. Keeping the lights in "series" like usual would add a data wire 16 feet long between each string so I was wondering if this would be a quick fix. Two string per output on a digiquad would let me run 8 strings from one controller. I hope that makes sense.
Yes, you can parallel data channels on multiple strings. Make sure each string has the same number of pixels. The strings should share a common ground.
Thank you!!!
Really nice video, and you convinced me, I need to test it out here in Copenhagen... However I'm a little concerned about have the controller free hanging... Couldn't it be put into some small box or similar?
He didn't list it but does anybody know where you can find the Channel and Defuser he used??
I guess this: www.aliexpress.com/item/4000095219702.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5df83cb9Wa3hos&algo_pvid=dbdbff76-e7c7-4fe4-9386-4a6faee5821b&algo_expid=dbdbff76-e7c7-4fe4-9386-4a6faee5821b-1&btsid=0b0a0ac216078967970022628ec2f9&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
@@Daz159100 Thanks!!
Thanks for the education. I am going to outline my house this year. I simply want to alternate two solid colors for different seasons (i.e. Christmas, 4th of July etc.). No effects or chasing. Can that be programmed with WLED? Thanks.
Great video DrZzs
Kinda wild you need 10+ amps to run these LEDs. I thought LEDs were suppose to be low power? Of course I get driving white will light all rgb, sure there's the rgb-W but seems to still be a lot of power. Thanks DrZ
They are low power. The voltage is low hence the current is high. 10amps at 5volts results in a wattage of 50 Watts.
I've watched quite a few video's lately but this tutorial is by far the best for the novice, especially explaining about the amps and power supply for safety. question, does a certain chip / strip draw a different ma and is there a chart that shows this. thanks DrZzs
Awesome video, thank you for putting this together. Comments have also been a great deal of help. I'm not sure if this was already answered but is there a Quin-LED-Dig-Uno board that syncs up with music?
I'd like to install a total of 66 feet (20 meters) of 60/m WLED strips around my room. I've watched many videos but I'm still lost on figuring out the proper power setup, and finding the proper controller for my WLEDs.
How would you guys recommend I approach this project of mine in regard to power supply especially, and controller?
Great Video but I really want to see the bits you didn't show on video, Like how you fixed the strip to the ceiling and what did you do with the DigUno, is it in a box ?
Yeah I’d like to know how to hide the electronics as well
My wife picked up some white balls that are battery operated color changing LED Some are about 8" big and another that is about 12" big. We have them placed around our pool in the landscaping. We have 7, but would like to pick up a few more. I would like to take the battery part apart toss the cheap LED and run something like this to them, Maybe 4-6 pixels in each to give some effect if possible. How would I go about running them? they will be about From where they are plugged in to the last one is probably just under 100'. Would this control be a good fit for this?