What d'ya think of all this RGB?!😎 Lemme know if you're planning to do this project or have a similar one of your own! Also, thank you to Coway for sponsoring this video, check out their website here: en.coway.com/ or check out the Coway Airmega 300s here: amzn.to/3wJh7wK
The video is really good, the technology choices are good too but why would we put rgb in a kitchen ? 🤔 I know that it is purely subjective but your kitchen could be more beautiful with a classic lightening… I was exasperated to see good HA youtubers speaking about rgb all the time (dr zzz) instead interesting subjects…. So I hope it is just a quick sponsored video and not the first of a long serie with rgb in your bathroom, rgb in your toilets, rgb for Christmas… Seriously guys what’s is so cool with rgb ? 😅 put it in your PC and keep your house with it’s own colors , to have a great decoration work on the materials and textures in your house, not rgb . And now rgb fanboys you can say something « erf if you don’t like rgb don’t watch the video » . Thank you 😄
@@SchmurtzAlex I see your point because so many people overdo it and the colours can look real tacky. However, two quick and easy reasons why he’s done this: 1) for the challenge, be that personal or for youtube content. 2) the reason I have put RGB in places they’re not necessary: automations/notifications. So, while I mostly use whites & warms in rooms like the kitchen, it is useful that they can turn certain colours to signify different things (e.g. flash red for a second if motion detected outside, colour loop when the doorbell rings, turn blue if humidity in that room is too high).
It looks super slick! I must agree with Alex, however. When it comes down to making a decision about the under-counter LED, I believe there is no better choice, but daylight temperature white LED having as high CRI as possible.
Since you asked if I had a similar project... I recently ran LED strips around the skirting boards of my home office, using two dig-uno and about 450 LEDs in aluminium channel. They're sync'd with multiple lamps in the same room using Home Assistant, and controlled with an 8-button Z-Wave switch.
I hear what your saying - to be fair, I will 95% of the time have this set to white - but it's good for setting colours for automations, for example if the alarm goes off I can have them flash red so it's visible from outside, or different colours for different notifications that go along with TTS etc. Having the option there is nice, even if they will be set to white the majority of the time. Hope that makes sense!
Here's a tip, do all the LED work BEFORE mounting the channel. When you finally mount, the LED and all connectors should already be part of your channel assembly. You ideally want the whole thing to be modular and easy to replace parts of if needed down the road - without having to tear everything out and redo all the hard work. I get paid to do this kind of thing for other people, so easy serviceability makes my life easier if some component dies. Use connectors & wire between assemblies. Mind the total amperage and wire gauge when going long. You have voltage drop (which you saw) but also heat, which can easily melt the wire insulation and even the connectors if they're not adequate. Wiring in the middle of a long run can be an option depending on the lights being used.
Good video! A tip about power distribution... Although the data for the LEDs are directional, data isn't. Assuming you have one power supply for each set of cabinets, you could position your power supply in between your upper and lower strips. So the data wire would look like this DigUno > Upper LEDs > Lower LEDs and the power wires would looks like this: Upper LEDS < Power Supply > Lower LEDs. If you're also powering the DigUno from the same PSU, just run another, separate wire from the PSU to the DigUno.
And here it is I did my cabinet. CCT light strip without wled (cause not supported) but work directly in home assistant. Work perfectly! Thank you for the tutoriel on this !
@@EverythingSmartHome Same! :) I've used WLED before with an ESP32 and was able to play with it just fine, but I have no idea how to get that into HA!? And I too am doing the same kinda kitchen reno and wanting to do this, so this came at a perfect time! Thanks!
Thanks for the guide. This is the first WIFE-REQUESTED smart home feature so far! Woo hoo! My cabinets seem to be longer than yours (no innuendo implied) so I like your suggestion for the 12 volt strips. I'd love to see a video where you implement that suggestion (and the materials involved) and where you integrate that into Home Assistant. Thanks for all that you do!
Been using wled for ages. Have kids bedroom lights, kitchen, even numbers outside my house. All linked to HA and have scripts running sequences via automations. Transfered the routines from Alexa to HA with little effort and use aqara motion detectors in the kitchen and living room to control the Wled drivers.
I have a similar kitchen setup with plain white LEDs under the cabinets. They are controlled with a Sonoff integrated into HA but I like the idea of replacing them with a more fancy RGBW setup for full WLED bling!
Awesome job! I am a huge fan of Quindor's controllers. I use a Dig-Quad for a smart Christmas tree with WLED and a Dig-Uno for smaller projects... and of course WLED and it's integration into Home Assistant is awesome :D
Awesome and timely video! And yes, I would love to see more of the WLED configuration, for how you set it up with the two independent strips and modules, yet have a sequence that brings both sides together. Also, I saw you cut those two wires...they are not needed?
I would have used those two wires to inject voltage directly from the power supply. The QuinLED has a 10 A fuse, and they recommend in case of long strips to apply directly the voltage into the LED strip (at several points)
Thanks! I'll certainly add it to the list! The wires were cut at the very start of the strip just to remove the connector, so that the wires can get screwed directly into the Dig Uno. I will run some power injection wires soon!
Love it, always hang out for you videos. So you know I really enjoyed the style where you moved through the whole project and sliced out the boring details.
Great video however there are a couple of points, the first is that the transformer should be in a enclosure as you can still touch the live terminals and the 240v cable is only single insulated as you removed the outer sheathing. The second is that with this setup the transformer is on all the time regardless of if the lights are on or not, a better solution is to use a Sonoff basic with WLED, the Sonoff is able to switch the transformer on and off and control the LED strip - saves spending money on a 30A transformer being on all the time!
Robin, would that not mean a delay in turning on when you need it tho? You'd have some startup time? Also the transformer seems a lot, any idea if a normal wall wart power cable is ok? I wish Everything Smart Home had listed alternative items too, such as 12v alternatives
Wled supports a relay to power the PSU separately when needed. That would mean installing a second PSU to power the controller (a small wall wart should do), connecting grounds, and, perhaps, a small delay when turning on. While a PSU doesn't consume much by itself when idle, the argb strip connected to it will draw a larger current even when off.
So thank you. I was looking at both the LED's and that controller about 2 days ago for use in my HA. And then you did this video. I have to admit that every part you mention as you talked about it, I had to laugh because it was the same justification I was using for that part. Just great minds and perfect timing.
I'd suggest you power the diguno with a phone charger style plug. Then put a relay inline of the 5V larger power supplies and the dig uno. That way when it's not running lights it turns off the power hungry larger power supplies. The diguno and WLED support the relay feature natively and when you say to turn on the lights it'll turn on the relay and turn on the large power supplies seamlessly. Saves you power when the system is idle.
@@EverythingSmartHome You just have to power the ESP board with the smaller charger and keep the big power supplies off. You could compare the power draw of the larger PSU's vs a phone charger and see what it saves you.
Super nice and detailed video, thanks for sharing! I would like to see more of these videos and also have you are planning to get them integrated into Home Assistant :)
Been using wled now for a long time just use a D1 mini and 3d printed cases. Love how HA auto discovered them when i switched to it. Air Cookie's WLED firmware is great. Thanks for the video looks nice and clean. Great video
what gage wires did you finally use to solve dimming between top and bottom light strips? SHould I use 12v instead of 5v led strips? Been thinking about doing this for a while, now i think it's time to get it done. Great Video!
If you didn't cut the wires too short, you could apply the 5V power at the mid point instead of the end. Then there would be less voltage drop along the lower LED string, or at least similar voltage drop along both top and bottom strings.
We did a similar thing when we had our kitchen fitted last year. Our extractor fan has a basic choice of LED colours that light up the front of it, our kitchen turns into a disco whenever we get the chance! I powered each section separately, this was more due to being a novice, but it makes it easier to have all lights come on during normal evening hours and bottom lights come on if someone gets up in the night. On the top cabinets we angled the strips slightly, found the light effect on the ceiling was bit to 'square' otherwise. Unfortunately, the longer section of LED's on top right went a bit crazy so looking at sorting that out, all a learning curve!
That looks so clean and modern, I have installed a WLED setup under my bed so it gives my bedroom some nice ambient lighting. Plus I have just moved home assistant from a Pi4 to my Dad's old computer which is much faster and can handle what I do. The way I can do this is that I have installed Proxmox on to the system and then made a Home Assistant VM and a Ubuntu VM. The Ubuntu VM is for doing File Shares, Dockers, Minecraft Servers and my Plex Library.
Thanks for the video. Do you know if you can integrate wled into home assistant so you can set scenes etc without needing their app? And can then add to automations etc.
I'm wondering if we can control the power outage behavior? E.g. when the power goes off and then on again, most LED strips immediately turns on. Some remember last settings (color and brightness), some don't. What I'm trying to understand here is if there is some setting to tell what the power outage recovery behavior should be. Phillips HUE have such. E.g. If the LED strip was off when power outage happened, I'd like it to be off when the power recovers. Do you think that's possible?
Nice video... I wish there was an easy UK based video for WLED when I started using WLED a year ago. We've used some strips in channels around the outside of the door frames for some magical door style lighting that the kids love! Another behind a cabinet in the living room to give a fireplace type look. Outside for exterior lighting + illuminations at Halloween and Christmas. And I've got one in my office around the desk... Because desks always need light strips ... 😃 I feel there's an opportunity to make a new video demoing all the different chipsets on offer... The Hook Up had one a few years ago which I still go back to (and I suspect you also watched to choose that chipset) but a few newer chipsets have been released since and it would be massively helpful to have a new one.
As someone who’s only considering doing building a smart home with no existing knowledge and with a desire to do DIY projects like this then I would definitely love a more in depth walk through and exploration of the software and what’s ways you can hook this up to various smart home hubs and scenarios/scenes.
And down the rabbit hole you go.. ;) WLED can also be controlled by hyperion (tv ambient lighting). I have 4 or 5 WLED strips now and use them in HA automations. For instance if the basement flood sensor goes off all the WLED strips to go the Police effect.. no way we're missing that :)
This is really nice, I will be doing something similar. I've not worked with motion sensors before but I'm thinking motion sensors on the underside of the cabinets could detect hands preparing food etc and turn on the lights, instead of them switching on every time you enter the room. Would love a WLED tutorial
Looks really good. I did similar recently but used 5 separate 12v govee strips, for two top cabinet sections, two middle and one around the plinths at the bottom. All controlled using Hue motion sensor and Alexa routines. The only bit of mine that i'd improve is LED strips with dedicated white leds.
The newer 221 style wago connectors are great, much better than the older ones shown in the video: smaller, flatter, transparent, and easy on the fingers.
Im looking into doing this at my home, so thanks for the vid. I have a question about power, though. It looked like the old system you had was controlled by a wall switch. You mentioned the 'big switch-on' (10:40). And it seemed like the Dig-Uno and the LEDs came on pretty quickly, but....do you just leave the wall switch on 24/7 now and control everything from WLED/HA? It seems you would like some 'manual' functionality as well, allowing visitors (or people without the app on their device) to control the lights as well. Did you install a smart switch in the wall as well? How did you deal with the wallswitch here?
Thanks! The mains wiring is connected to a regular light switch, in which is a smart light switch so can be toggled manually if wanted, but generally it's always left on at the switch. Hope that helps
Great video. I have been considering a similar project and was looking for just such a video. I would also like to see more details on WLED DYI. Many thanks!
Oh yes, those are fantastic boards and software. I just had a friend ask me about cabinet lighting and I gave him a few links, but your video should serve even better to introduce him to this stuff. :)
I love WLED powered strips. Have a bunch around the house. However for the kitchen, I still go for Philips Hue only because they work perfectly with HA Adaptive Brightness. In the morning I get nice bright white and at night I get low soft white. No other LED strip I’ve seen has White Ambience like the Hue. It’s either RGB white or only one temperature of white. Wonder if anyone has come across some cause Hue lights are really expensive and the LED array is not very dense.
Nice video! Beautiful installation! I feel like dig uno is the only viable piece of hardware to do a perfectly customized installation without wasting half of each led strip. And Wled is so much furnished than big manufacturers software. Today's smart industry is led by open source / community project and fairly affordable. I hope it stay that way.
Great video. Would’ve been nice to see where you hid the power supply and uno in the end. Are they just sitting on the cabinets? Why did you go with dig uno and not a regular esp32? They seem quite expensive in comparison. What wire gauge did you go with in the end? Did you use a case for the Dig UNO? If not, are you worried about condensation from cooking…etc?
Thanks! Yes they are just sitting up on top, Im not worried about them but I guess I'll check them in a few weeks! I mentioned in the video that I personally feel dig Uno's are a no brainer for safety and ease of use, especially for beginners who don't want to mess about with potentially dangerous electronics. If you are more experienced and know what your doing then you can definitely go for a regular esp32. Hope that helps
Looking at your videos it looks you completely switched from analog to digital led strips :) for some reason I’m doing the same … maybe because I can add the cool factor if I want as opposed to not being able to do it with the analog?
Please do make a short video about QuinUno and WLED how to install and setup. I have been pushed away from me since do not fully understand how it works together
Has anyone used these strips for sole lighting in a main room? rather than just accent lighting. I would be grateful for any advice if it is sufficient or if any alternative RGBW strips are better? Thanks!
12v argb strips work in 3-pixel groups though. Ok for diffused light but could be noticeable on the bottom strips still. More importantly, is used for actual lighting an RGBW strip would be vastly superior as RGB white sucks massively. To make it perfect, one should get high CRI white leds.
I watched this video - brilliant - and have now bought most of the bits you listed. I'm still waiting for some bits to arrive but I really love this duo controller - I bought it preassembled and it is so easy to get working with HA. Good shout Lewis:)
I did an rgbw set up for a friend, the addressable are only really used to show off, you never want to use them in practice unless you are having a rave in your kitchen
Nice one! Doing something similar soon. Did the full front of the house last year and regarding power injection, with the close distance you have in the kitchen you could easily fix that with the two extra wires. Again real slick setup, well done!
@@EverythingSmartHome I went a bit overboard and ordered a ton of strips and D1 Minis, also a lot of PSUs. Result => House is awesome, daughters bed is awesome, also vintage Ikea lamp is now awesome as well 🤣 Keep up the awesome work mate, love from Sweden.
Hello mate and thanks for all of your video! A question for you and your friends. Which smart switches do you suggest for round eu box without neutral? Thanks and best regards, Kyriakos
It seems like it is fairly easy using the WLED integration - I hope to have tried this in the next couple of weeks so if I remember I will post back here (although others seem to have it working)
Have you checked the stanby power usage? Addressable LEDs are quite power hungry when they are switched off and I don't think the DigiUno cuts power to the strip. Agreed on the strip voltage, 12v are the way to go for these leds and 24v for the plain white LEDs.
Wled can cut the power to the strip, a matter of activating a checkmark in settings, connecting a relay to the strip PSU, and having a separate PSU power the controller itself. 12v argb suck for room projects because they usually work in groups of 3 LEDs. Ok for outside projects where you don't get to see them closely/directly
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul I know that wled can cut power, I was talking about the hardware part. On my setup I'm using a mosfet to switch the 12v power to the strip and they don't work in groups of 3
can you do a guide that includes WLED but also talks about how to prevent voltage drops and how to choose between 12v/5v or other options? i want to do strip lighting for my room but didn’t realize so many factors came into play
Are the terminals on the power supply exposed or is there a casing for it? I've been wanting to do a project like this but keeping it safe has been one of the things holding me back. 9:58
Great video, amazing as it’s one of the items on my todo list, so thank you I now have a starting point. One question, does it integrate with HomeAssistant?
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks. I'm looking to do something similar but on shorter distance - all together 4.5m (up and below) and then another 4.5m under standing cabinets. When looking at 12V LED all are 5 pin, guessing there is no 3 pins in 12V? And one more question - the color of PCB - does it matter? or is it just personal preference?
What d'ya think of all this RGB?!😎 Lemme know if you're planning to do this project or have a similar one of your own!
Also, thank you to Coway for sponsoring this video, check out their website here: en.coway.com/ or check out the Coway Airmega 300s here: amzn.to/3wJh7wK
The video is really good, the technology choices are good too but why would we put rgb in a kitchen ? 🤔
I know that it is purely subjective but your kitchen could be more beautiful with a classic lightening…
I was exasperated to see good HA youtubers speaking about rgb all the time (dr zzz) instead interesting subjects…. So I hope it is just a quick sponsored video and not the first of a long serie with rgb in your bathroom, rgb in your toilets, rgb for Christmas…
Seriously guys what’s is so cool with rgb ? 😅 put it in your PC and keep your house with it’s own colors , to have a great decoration work on the materials and textures in your house, not rgb .
And now rgb fanboys you can say something « erf if you don’t like rgb don’t watch the video » . Thank you 😄
@@SchmurtzAlex I see your point because so many people overdo it and the colours can look real tacky. However, two quick and easy reasons why he’s done this: 1) for the challenge, be that personal or for youtube content. 2) the reason I have put RGB in places they’re not necessary: automations/notifications. So, while I mostly use whites & warms in rooms like the kitchen, it is useful that they can turn certain colours to signify different things (e.g. flash red for a second if motion detected outside, colour loop when the doorbell rings, turn blue if humidity in that room is too high).
It looks super slick! I must agree with Alex, however. When it comes down to making a decision about the under-counter LED, I believe there is no better choice, but daylight temperature white LED having as high CRI as possible.
Since you asked if I had a similar project... I recently ran LED strips around the skirting boards of my home office, using two dig-uno and about 450 LEDs in aluminium channel. They're sync'd with multiple lamps in the same room using Home Assistant, and controlled with an 8-button Z-Wave switch.
I hear what your saying - to be fair, I will 95% of the time have this set to white - but it's good for setting colours for automations, for example if the alarm goes off I can have them flash red so it's visible from outside, or different colours for different notifications that go along with TTS etc. Having the option there is nice, even if they will be set to white the majority of the time.
Hope that makes sense!
Here's a tip, do all the LED work BEFORE mounting the channel. When you finally mount, the LED and all connectors should already be part of your channel assembly. You ideally want the whole thing to be modular and easy to replace parts of if needed down the road - without having to tear everything out and redo all the hard work. I get paid to do this kind of thing for other people, so easy serviceability makes my life easier if some component dies. Use connectors & wire between assemblies. Mind the total amperage and wire gauge when going long. You have voltage drop (which you saw) but also heat, which can easily melt the wire insulation and even the connectors if they're not adequate. Wiring in the middle of a long run can be an option depending on the lights being used.
Next video WLED Home Assistant integration :) and maybe a PIR on the other gpio of the diguno for autolighting as well. 👍 project!
Good video! A tip about power distribution... Although the data for the LEDs are directional, data isn't. Assuming you have one power supply for each set of cabinets, you could position your power supply in between your upper and lower strips. So the data wire would look like this DigUno > Upper LEDs > Lower LEDs and the power wires would looks like this: Upper LEDS < Power Supply > Lower LEDs. If you're also powering the DigUno from the same PSU, just run another, separate wire from the PSU to the DigUno.
And here it is I did my cabinet. CCT light strip without wled (cause not supported) but work directly in home assistant. Work perfectly! Thank you for the tutoriel on this !
Would love the full WLED guide!
Thanks for letting me know, see what I can do! 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome Same! :) I've used WLED before with an ESP32 and was able to play with it just fine, but I have no idea how to get that into HA!? And I too am doing the same kinda kitchen reno and wanting to do this, so this came at a perfect time! Thanks!
@@designbybeck Pretty simple really, HA will just find them and ask you if you want to add the integration.
Yeah! A WLED full guide would be fantastic!😊
Thanks for the guide. This is the first WIFE-REQUESTED smart home feature so far! Woo hoo! My cabinets seem to be longer than yours (no innuendo implied) so I like your suggestion for the 12 volt strips. I'd love to see a video where you implement that suggestion (and the materials involved) and where you integrate that into Home Assistant. Thanks for all that you do!
Been using wled for ages. Have kids bedroom lights, kitchen, even numbers outside my house. All linked to HA and have scripts running sequences via automations. Transfered the routines from Alexa to HA with little effort and use aqara motion detectors in the kitchen and living room to control the Wled drivers.
Nice one, sounds really good!
I have a similar kitchen setup with plain white LEDs under the cabinets. They are controlled with a Sonoff integrated into HA but I like the idea of replacing them with a more fancy RGBW setup for full WLED bling!
This looks great! I think I want to do this now. I have the same set up! I think you should do that full WLED guide. 😊 thanks as always!
Thanks man, you should definitely give it a go, you won't be disappointed 😅
Awesome job! I am a huge fan of Quindor's controllers. I use a Dig-Quad for a smart Christmas tree with WLED and a Dig-Uno for smaller projects... and of course WLED and it's integration into Home Assistant is awesome :D
Great video! YES to the more in depth video about WLED! Cheers!
Awesome and timely video! And yes, I would love to see more of the WLED configuration, for how you set it up with the two independent strips and modules, yet have a sequence that brings both sides together.
Also, I saw you cut those two wires...they are not needed?
I would have used those two wires to inject voltage directly from the power supply. The QuinLED has a 10 A fuse, and they recommend in case of long strips to apply directly the voltage into the LED strip (at several points)
Thanks! I'll certainly add it to the list!
The wires were cut at the very start of the strip just to remove the connector, so that the wires can get screwed directly into the Dig Uno.
I will run some power injection wires soon!
Love it, always hang out for you videos. So you know I really enjoyed the style where you moved through the whole project and sliced out the boring details.
Great video however there are a couple of points, the first is that the transformer should be in a enclosure as you can still touch the live terminals and the 240v cable is only single insulated as you removed the outer sheathing. The second is that with this setup the transformer is on all the time regardless of if the lights are on or not, a better solution is to use a Sonoff basic with WLED, the Sonoff is able to switch the transformer on and off and control the LED strip - saves spending money on a 30A transformer being on all the time!
Robin, would that not mean a delay in turning on when you need it tho? You'd have some startup time? Also the transformer seems a lot, any idea if a normal wall wart power cable is ok? I wish Everything Smart Home had listed alternative items too, such as 12v alternatives
Wled supports a relay to power the PSU separately when needed. That would mean installing a second PSU to power the controller (a small wall wart should do), connecting grounds, and, perhaps, a small delay when turning on.
While a PSU doesn't consume much by itself when idle, the argb strip connected to it will draw a larger current even when off.
Idea: energy monitoring on each outlet/Appliance under the lights and automatically lighting up that area of the bench while it's in use.
So thank you. I was looking at both the LED's and that controller about 2 days ago for use in my HA. And then you did this video. I have to admit that every part you mention as you talked about it, I had to laugh because it was the same justification I was using for that part. Just great minds and perfect timing.
I'd suggest you power the diguno with a phone charger style plug. Then put a relay inline of the 5V larger power supplies and the dig uno. That way when it's not running lights it turns off the power hungry larger power supplies. The diguno and WLED support the relay feature natively and when you say to turn on the lights it'll turn on the relay and turn on the large power supplies seamlessly. Saves you power when the system is idle.
Hmm interesting - the power draw as is indicates only 250ma when off?
I'm really interested into this. Do you have some diagram? Cannot fully picture the situation you describe. Thanks!
@@EverythingSmartHome You just have to power the ESP board with the smaller charger and keep the big power supplies off. You could compare the power draw of the larger PSU's vs a phone charger and see what it saves you.
@@ungeekenmunich I tried to post a link to the diagram but TH-cam ate it. Would love to share it just unsure how on TH-cam
The PSU itself is not power-hungry, but when the LED strip is connected to it it consumes power even when not lit. The longer the strip, the more.
I’ve just received all the components to solder up my own digUnos so very welcome video. I’ll be doing the same thing over the next few weeks
Super nice and detailed video, thanks for sharing!
I would like to see more of these videos and also have you are planning to get them integrated into Home Assistant :)
Lewis, get LedFX set up and turn your kitchen into a disco dance party 🤣🤣 I did this under the thatch in my entertain area and really rocks !
Been using wled now for a long time just use a D1 mini and 3d printed cases. Love how HA auto discovered them when i switched to it. Air Cookie's WLED firmware is great. Thanks for the video looks nice and clean. Great video
Thanks, appreciate it!
I would love a full RGB/LED guide!
When you feed the power in the middle (I.e. up-down link) the balance should be even better
what gage wires did you finally use to solve dimming between top and bottom light strips? SHould I use 12v instead of 5v led strips? Been thinking about doing this for a while, now i think it's time to get it done. Great Video!
If you didn't cut the wires too short, you could apply the 5V power at the mid point instead of the end. Then there would be less voltage drop along the lower LED string, or at least similar voltage drop along both top and bottom strings.
I would/am going to solder new wires regardless so it doesn't really make any difference
We did a similar thing when we had our kitchen fitted last year. Our extractor fan has a basic choice of LED colours that light up the front of it, our kitchen turns into a disco whenever we get the chance! I powered each section separately, this was more due to being a novice, but it makes it easier to have all lights come on during normal evening hours and bottom lights come on if someone gets up in the night. On the top cabinets we angled the strips slightly, found the light effect on the ceiling was bit to 'square' otherwise. Unfortunately, the longer section of LED's on top right went a bit crazy so looking at sorting that out, all a learning curve!
Haha indeed there can be a learning curve but definitely worth it 😅
That looks so clean and modern, I have installed a WLED setup under my bed so it gives my bedroom some nice ambient lighting. Plus I have just moved home assistant from a Pi4 to my Dad's old computer which is much faster and can handle what I do. The way I can do this is that I have installed Proxmox on to the system and then made a Home Assistant VM and a Ubuntu VM. The Ubuntu VM is for doing File Shares, Dockers, Minecraft Servers and my Plex Library.
Thanks for the video. Do you know if you can integrate wled into home assistant so you can set scenes etc without needing their app? And can then add to automations etc.
A full WLED guide would be awesome
I'm wondering if we can control the power outage behavior?
E.g. when the power goes off and then on again, most LED strips immediately turns on. Some remember last settings (color and brightness), some don't. What I'm trying to understand here is if there is some setting to tell what the power outage recovery behavior should be. Phillips HUE have such.
E.g. If the LED strip was off when power outage happened, I'd like it to be off when the power recovers. Do you think that's possible?
Yes to the WLED tutorial! 👍
Cheers David!
Nice video... I wish there was an easy UK based video for WLED when I started using WLED a year ago.
We've used some strips in channels around the outside of the door frames for some magical door style lighting that the kids love!
Another behind a cabinet in the living room to give a fireplace type look.
Outside for exterior lighting + illuminations at Halloween and Christmas.
And I've got one in my office around the desk... Because desks always need light strips ... 😃
I feel there's an opportunity to make a new video demoing all the different chipsets on offer... The Hook Up had one a few years ago which I still go back to (and I suspect you also watched to choose that chipset) but a few newer chipsets have been released since and it would be massively helpful to have a new one.
We are planning to do our kitchen next year. This is really helpful. Thanks
Wow that looks great! Awesome job!
Thank you buddy!
As someone who’s only considering doing building a smart home with no existing knowledge and with a desire to do DIY projects like this then I would definitely love a more in depth walk through and exploration of the software and what’s ways you can hook this up to various smart home hubs and scenarios/scenes.
Appreciate the feedback!
And down the rabbit hole you go.. ;)
WLED can also be controlled by hyperion (tv ambient lighting). I have 4 or 5 WLED strips now and use them in HA automations. For instance if the basement flood sensor goes off all the WLED strips to go the Police effect.. no way we're missing that :)
That red "sock" you put over your soldering and heat it up, do you have a link for that? Thanks
This is really nice, I will be doing something similar. I've not worked with motion sensors before but I'm thinking motion sensors on the underside of the cabinets could detect hands preparing food etc and turn on the lights, instead of them switching on every time you enter the room.
Would love a WLED tutorial
Motion sensors work really good yes!
I've seen it used with a vibration sensor in the counter/sink to trigger. Really liked the fact that it was completely invisible
Can you integrate it to your minimalist dashboard?
Looks awesome! +1 for the WLED/HA guide
Any idea how the Dig-Uno compares with a Shelly RGBW 2?
Great video!
A full WLED guide video would be great!
Looks really good. I did similar recently but used 5 separate 12v govee strips, for two top cabinet sections, two middle and one around the plinths at the bottom. All controlled using Hue motion sensor and Alexa routines. The only bit of mine that i'd improve is LED strips with dedicated white leds.
Nice, good to hear your experiences with those strips. I have some of those at the back of my desk still 😅
Recently discovered Wago connectors. They're so useful and great for connecting wires in places where using a screwdriver would be awkward.
The newer 221 style wago connectors are great, much better than the older ones shown in the video: smaller, flatter, transparent, and easy on the fingers.
Great video and yes I want a full guide on led strip! It’s still a bit confusing to start in this world!
Thanks, appreciate it!
Is there any case to buy for the controller? Doesn’t seem safe to have it open like that, especially on top of the cabinet were dust easy goes
The linear meters on the ceiling of my daughter is 12 meters. Can I join 4 segments using one power supply ?
Your videos are amazing ! ❤
I think you should do that full WLED guide. I made a led Strip Light with an esp8266 with Wled. I will do more
Im looking into doing this at my home, so thanks for the vid. I have a question about power, though. It looked like the old system you had was controlled by a wall switch. You mentioned the 'big switch-on' (10:40). And it seemed like the Dig-Uno and the LEDs came on pretty quickly, but....do you just leave the wall switch on 24/7 now and control everything from WLED/HA? It seems you would like some 'manual' functionality as well, allowing visitors (or people without the app on their device) to control the lights as well. Did you install a smart switch in the wall as well? How did you deal with the wallswitch here?
Thanks! The mains wiring is connected to a regular light switch, in which is a smart light switch so can be toggled manually if wanted, but generally it's always left on at the switch.
Hope that helps
@@EverythingSmartHome it does. thanks
What light switch do you use with that besides the app?
Great video. I have been considering a similar project and was looking for just such a video. I would also like to see more details on WLED DYI. Many thanks!
Thanks, good to hear your thoughts!
Oh yes, those are fantastic boards and software. I just had a friend ask me about cabinet lighting and I gave him a few links, but your video should serve even better to introduce him to this stuff. :)
I love WLED powered strips. Have a bunch around the house. However for the kitchen, I still go for Philips Hue only because they work perfectly with HA Adaptive Brightness. In the morning I get nice bright white and at night I get low soft white. No other LED strip I’ve seen has White Ambience like the Hue. It’s either RGB white or only one temperature of white. Wonder if anyone has come across some cause Hue lights are really expensive and the LED array is not very dense.
Nice video! Beautiful installation!
I feel like dig uno is the only viable piece of hardware to do a perfectly customized installation without wasting half of each led strip. And Wled is so much furnished than big manufacturers software. Today's smart industry is led by open source / community project and fairly affordable. I hope it stay that way.
Agreed, it's super impressive!! Thanks!
great video... and the LED control is completely local! no internet or proprietary apps required!
Haha of course, cheers!
I have a similar project. Went 12v sk6812 for exactly what you ran into. I'm running close to 15m though
I'd like to see what you've come up with for automations for WLED in HA
Great video. Would’ve been nice to see where you hid the power supply and uno in the end. Are they just sitting on the cabinets?
Why did you go with dig uno and not a regular esp32? They seem quite expensive in comparison.
What wire gauge did you go with in the end?
Did you use a case for the Dig UNO? If not, are you worried about condensation from cooking…etc?
Thanks! Yes they are just sitting up on top, Im not worried about them but I guess I'll check them in a few weeks!
I mentioned in the video that I personally feel dig Uno's are a no brainer for safety and ease of use, especially for beginners who don't want to mess about with potentially dangerous electronics. If you are more experienced and know what your doing then you can definitely go for a regular esp32. Hope that helps
Looking at your videos it looks you completely switched from analog to digital led strips :) for some reason I’m doing the same … maybe because I can add the cool factor if I want as opposed to not being able to do it with the analog?
Love the effect of those Lewis, really smart and it looks relatively easy to achieve 💡
Awesome project, can you integrate with HA? I'm quite new to HA and could do with a walk through..
Please do make a short video about QuinUno and WLED how to install and setup. I have been pushed away from me since do not fully understand how it works together
What's the difference between these kinds of leds and the icleds?
But what did you do to automate it? I assume conntected the DigUno to home assistant and wired a motion sensor?
I have the 4 channel controller that seamlessly integrated in HA. Setup and and all automation's in HA.
I did almost exactly the same project in my kitchen a few months ago.
Has anyone used these strips for sole lighting in a main room? rather than just accent lighting. I would be grateful for any advice if it is sufficient or if any alternative RGBW strips are better? Thanks!
Are there any rgb strips that don’t require all that just plug and play
12v argb strips work in 3-pixel groups though. Ok for diffused light but could be noticeable on the bottom strips still. More importantly, is used for actual lighting an RGBW strip would be vastly superior as RGB white sucks massively. To make it perfect, one should get high CRI white leds.
Does anyone know of a Thread (Matter) alternative to this setup? thanks in advance!
Cool disco, dude.
I watched this video - brilliant - and have now bought most of the bits you listed. I'm still waiting for some bits to arrive but I really love this duo controller - I bought it preassembled and it is so easy to get working with HA. Good shout Lewis:)
Thanks Dave, appreciate it and glad you enjoyed the video!
@@EverythingSmartHome the trouble is...I'm now thinking "Christmas decorations " and it's only June!
You’re already using a 5v power supply, what are you getting out of the “diguno” over a D1 mini?
I did an rgbw set up for a friend, the addressable are only really used to show off, you never want to use them in practice unless you are having a rave in your kitchen
Lewis! Excellent Video!
Thanks Mark, appreciate the comments as always!
Hello big fan of your projects!! One question how do you deal with the default Wled orange color once you turn on the lights
Looks fab. Great detailed explanation of the steps.
Thanks John!
Your content is great and super motivating to try! Also it doesn’t hurt that you are such a hunk!
Nice. Could you not use Philips gradient lightstrip which can be same thing I think?
Much more expensive though
Nice one! Doing something similar soon. Did the full front of the house last year and regarding power injection, with the close distance you have in the kitchen you could easily fix that with the two extra wires. Again real slick setup, well done!
Thanks, yep that's what I'm planning to do with the power injection.
I'll need to do a full house setup soon 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome I went a bit overboard and ordered a ton of strips and D1 Minis, also a lot of PSUs. Result => House is awesome, daughters bed is awesome, also vintage Ikea lamp is now awesome as well 🤣
Keep up the awesome work mate, love from Sweden.
I want to do the same thing on a dressing... Maybe a rail oriented at 45° into it could be nice
Hello mate and thanks for all of your video! A question for you and your friends. Which smart switches do you suggest for round eu box without neutral?
Thanks and best regards,
Kyriakos
Thats cool! Can you integrate it with home assistant?
It seems like it is fairly easy using the WLED integration - I hope to have tried this in the next couple of weeks so if I remember I will post back here (although others seem to have it working)
Have you checked the stanby power usage? Addressable LEDs are quite power hungry when they are switched off and I don't think the DigiUno cuts power to the strip. Agreed on the strip voltage, 12v are the way to go for these leds and 24v for the plain white LEDs.
Wled can cut the power to the strip, a matter of activating a checkmark in settings, connecting a relay to the strip PSU, and having a separate PSU power the controller itself.
12v argb suck for room projects because they usually work in groups of 3 LEDs. Ok for outside projects where you don't get to see them closely/directly
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul I know that wled can cut power, I was talking about the hardware part. On my setup I'm using a mosfet to switch the 12v power to the strip and they don't work in groups of 3
A complete wled guide would be great!!! 😊
Lots of those on TH-cam.
Amazing video. Wish I could duplicate what you've done!
The lights look great! Do you have the links to the channel with the diffuser you used? Thanks!
Sure, links for absolutely everything in the description!
can you do a guide that includes WLED but also talks about how to prevent voltage drops and how to choose between 12v/5v or other options? i want to do strip lighting for my room but didn’t realize so many factors came into play
Drzzs has done many many many videos on wleds search you tube for him. Every thing you need to know
Hi sir, is there an written guide to this? Can't find it.
Good work, well done!
Are the terminals on the power supply exposed or is there a casing for it? I've been wanting to do a project like this but keeping it safe has been one of the things holding me back. 9:58
How do you deal with the power supply fan turned on day and night? Those PS are very noisy
There is no fan in these?
Excellent.... Full video would be appreciated 👍
Is WLED working on 5V LED pins? Or does it need to be led strip?
What do you mean sorry? Individual pixels?
@@EverythingSmartHome dont know that right namn is. LED having 2 pins + - diod led. often solder to PCB
Great video! Go in depth on WLED!
ALSO, don't forget you can 3D print a DIG-UNO case to further tidy it up!
Thanks dude! I've actually got some somewhere when I first ordered them, just misplaced them somewhere haha! Good tip!
Did it. Looks killer
a real magician!🙂
Is there a way to integrate wled in HA? That would be a great video...
Yep it will be auto discovered instantly, one of the best integrations for HA
Great video, amazing as it’s one of the items on my todo list, so thank you I now have a starting point.
One question, does it integrate with HomeAssistant?
Thanks, enjoy!
Sure does, it's probably one of the best home assistant integrations there is, works very well!
The link to wire in description is the thinner one or the one you have replaced with?
It's the thicker one, the one you should use 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks. I'm looking to do something similar but on shorter distance - all together 4.5m (up and below) and then another 4.5m under standing cabinets. When looking at 12V LED all are 5 pin, guessing there is no 3 pins in 12V?
And one more question - the color of PCB - does it matter? or is it just personal preference?
Where are you looping into your 240V supply?