WLED Quick Start Guide: How to Install on ESP8266 and Configure WiFi

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This is a quick start guide to get WLED up and running from scratch on an ESP8266 module. Included topics are:
-Downloading a WLED binary release file
-Flashing the ESP8266 module
-Configuring WLED for WIFI access on your network
-Talking to the WLED module on the network from a browser
-Talking to the WLED module on the network from the free mobile app
Note: Although connecting the ESP8266 3.3V logic level data out pin to the 5 V logic level LED data in pin seems to allow successful communication for most people, technically a level shift device should be used to properly translate the 3.3 V logic to 5V logic to guarantee operation. Then the series data resistor would connect between the output of the level shifter and the input of the LED, located closer to the level shifter side.
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@lenp00 Год назад

You sir are a godsend. I had two ESP8266 modules that I could not load using the web installer however your video provided the answer. Your instructions are clear and concise. I wish I had come across your video prior to wasting an afternoon/evening trying to find a solution! Thanks you 🙏🙏🙏

@SimpleElectronics 4 года назад

"but you have no idea where to get started" I feel like you're speaking directly to me!

@Hunter-iw3rm Год назад

2 years later and worked the first time! Great tutorial

@TeardownOZ2CPU 4 года назад

MAN ! this is how to make a great and easy to understand video, loved every sec of it. very usefull.

@kellydjohnson 3 года назад

Got this running except it never would work with the 330 ohm resistor as suggested. Also the first LED was always the wrong color unless blue was selected. Excellent tutorial. Finally found some place to start.

@timothyw1477 3 года назад

wdym why wouldn't it work?

@kellydjohnson 3 года назад

@@timothyw1477 After working on this some more it turns out the whole problem was too long of a lead to the first LED. Once that was shortened it all worked correctly.

@MrAmiller816 3 года назад

@@kellydjohnson I think you might need to put a level shifter between the nodemcu/ESP2866 and the data in of the first led. something about the nodemcu being 3v and the data needing to be at 5v. there is more about it all on the WLED wiki

@xd_lolgamer7477 4 дня назад

very very nice thank you very much and also great work i love people like you!!

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist 4 года назад

nice video, I ran a couple of window displays over Cristmas using WLED, so far have not had a problem with needing a level shifter fot the first LED, WLED alows for the first LED to be the level shifter so you can remove it from the display pattern. Must say that the phone app is so easy to use a disabled child with a mental age of about 3 had hrs of fun playing with the lights. setting the colour and then jumping up and down when it changed colour. so many uses!

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

I’ll have to look into how it uses one LED as a shifter. I know I’ve heard that on a video somewhere before. (5 minutes later...). OK now it makes sense, dropping the supply voltage so that the minimum logic high input threshold is a fraction of the lower supply so the output at 3.3 V should be more reliable. It was just a quick glance, I Will look more into it, including how the forward drop of that diode will depend on the current drawn So I guess we actually turn on the first LED and that draws enough current to get the full diode drop. But if 0.7 x VDD being around 3 V is still only a minimum logic level in to guarantee being seen as high, I think the spec on the actual 3.3 logic out says it could go as low as 2.65 or something, it’s been a while since I calculated, so I’m not sure if it’s still fool proof or just gives a much better chance of not failing. Thanks for pointing it out! hackaday.com/2017/01/20/cheating-at-5v-ws2812-control-to-use-a-3-3v-data-line/ When I was first trying out the patterns the main confusing thing was how the color palette was able to impact the colors on certain animations but not others. It would have helped if that was more clear somewhere in the menus like maybe an asterisk beside each pattern that either can or can’t be manually adjusted.

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist 4 года назад

@@GadgetReboot I know what you mean about the colours, i just play around until I get the affects I like. I've run a lot ws2812B's off of ESP2866's without a voltage changer and with short runs never had a problem. could be capacitance plays a part over a longer run with the reduced voltage. must give it a try someday.

@wled999 3 года назад

Great tutorial. A tiny thing you missed: set the LED count and adjust the power limit for longer strips or weaker power supplies. Other than that: great work!

@chriswagner430 3 года назад

Is it necessary, to set the power limit, when strips are directly connected with + & - to the Power Supply ? And if yes how high should be the Power Limit, when using WS2811B 5050 Led's (total of 144/5m)

@KevinConlon69 4 года назад

Thank you! Great tutorial. I have a Dig-Uno and had this NodeMCU sitting on a shelf. Now I have two controllers going.

@andymok7945 4 года назад

Thanks. I got my first WLED strip working. Running on a weMos D1 Mini and having fun playing with the different effects.

@jasonhurd1113 3 года назад

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for this. I have been searching for a couple of days for video instruction that ACTUALLY works! Great job!

@smileformenowplease 3 года назад

Thanks for your info, the best I have seen on this , i love this and a newbie, allready thinking how I am going to spend my whole summer LOL

@stevemariebuesch6434 3 года назад

When I plug my ESP8266 into my laptop the blue light isn’t coming on. I’ve tried multiple different cables and none seem to work.

@DanTidswellUK 3 года назад

Thanks, this was really useful and got me up and running in no time

@colesdad2000 4 года назад

Thanks for the preview into .9.0 I was leary about upgrading from .8.5

@stevesfascinations1516 4 года назад

Really good video! Your editing skills are amazing!

@PlasticAssasin8 3 года назад

i have been struggling for ages to get this right. Because of this i have been able to configure it. Thanks so much. And shared

@mboucher3461 Год назад

Great Tutorial, I just followed your instructions and can't get mine to connect to wifi, I've reprogrammed multiple times, changed the channels on my 2.4Ghz wifi network, my board on the back says: HW-628, WIFI-ESP8266, USB-TTCH340, Vin 5-9V. There's just no way I can get it to work, it programs with no errors.

@changchung 4 года назад

I hope to get some help here. I have a question. Is any way to the quinled save the last effect when the power is disconnected and put it back? Thanks

@shouptikdey2089 3 года назад

Blue Light flashes few times and no light on board. serial port nothing comes. any idea?

@vinhgolf 4 года назад

excellent video. may i ask which esp8266 module did you use? i search many and it required alot of soldering. Or do they have one preassembled?

@chuckparsons1815 3 года назад

thank you so much! very easy to follow!!

@hanswurst3811 7 месяцев назад

is it possible to put a microphone on it to use the soudn reactive profiles ?

@kylerpace 3 года назад

When I go to find my NodeMCU in the serial port drop down, it isn't there! I'm 99% sure my USB cable is capable of transferring data, but I can't seem to do anything to get it to show up. Any suggestions?

@LetsGoitsBrandon 3 года назад

Same problem here.

@sho6263 3 года назад

Would this be possible to do ad someone with 0 coding knowledge or should I just buy some regular ones?

@GadgetReboot 3 года назад

since it’s more a logistical issue of getting the existing code dumped into the module, coding isn’t really needed, just an interest in working with the hardware.

@tiberiud1955 2 года назад

subscribed ! Nice tutorial . will try it soon on helix lamp 3d print.

@sirgen001 2 года назад

So I bought an ESP32 board, plugged it in and I get a red light not a blue one, and it does not show up on my pc. How do I get from a brand new untouched board with a red light to on with a blue light so the pc recognizes it?

@oscarvasquezvallejo2482 4 года назад

Awesome tutorial, now I´ll try it.

@ArjanvanVught 4 года назад

When using 3V3 logic, then a 74HCT125 should be used for the data level-shifter.

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

Yes, that’s how I would design an official circuit but for getting up and running playing around, a lot of 5v things including the max7219 seem to respond to 3.3 V data even though the data sheet suggests the 5 V parts aren’t guaranteed to accept the 3.3 V logic in. I might add a note in the description to cover it just in case somebody does have trouble getting it to communicate. When I point out that we should level shift the data, I get lots of comments saying it’s not actually needed to get it working, so I thought I would try things the other way around this time!

@electronic7979 4 года назад

Very nice

@monkey110adler3 3 года назад

Thank you very much for thees Video. I have one question. How can i change the Start leds. Now if i open the led it ist orange but i want that it is maybe blue or something else how can i change it.

@remnl 4 года назад

Thanks very nice and good tutorial

@raven_fpv 2 года назад

After making up my own wled-whatever you want then switch back to my wifi, i go to the address i made up and i get "this site cannot be reached" I have 2.4g and 5g so do I need to include one of those in the SSID name?

@tyronwilliams9163 3 года назад

Am i right in saying you need individual addressable led's for this to work ? something i'm going to try for next year as i currently have strip rgb's but all have to be the same colour

@brianluedke9729 4 года назад

I need some help on a control/data line issue. I have split my house and two sides that I’m running in parallel off a esp8266 board and a logic converter one side is working perfectly well the other one is not even though they are connected to the same spot… Last year they worked perfectly I checked the data wire to the LED side that’s not working and the wiring is fine. I can’t figure out why some LED lights will come on at certain times well sometimes it’s dark any input would be greatly appreciated

@bubbl_media 4 года назад

Is the 470R resistor on data also required if I only use WS2811 strips at 12 volts?

@oscarvasquezvallejo2482 4 года назад

How can I sync two ESP8266 and control them with the same app? Is it possible? Thanks so much

@cjlundmark1345 3 года назад

I can't get my ESP8266 to connect to my wifi. I can access the ESP8266 directly but not through the wifi. Any ideas why this might be?

@CanadianParamedic 4 года назад

Thank you

@ADR69 4 года назад

Really helpful thank you

@na8036 2 года назад

Does anyone else just get a quick flash of the LED when plugging the 8266 into a laptop via micro USB? I tried downloading drivers and still no luck?!?

@NaylaGonzalez 4 года назад

Do I need to use in a specific type of LED lights old can I use the ones I have

@alexhill5092 4 года назад

no you cannot use normal led lights you need addressable ones such as ws2812b

@aarongarcia4378 3 года назад

My Mac connects to the WiFi of the esp but I can’t load the website I tried the 4.3.2.1 server and it says I’m not conectes to the internet

@WhoDareChillYouN 3 года назад

I got some nodemcu. Trying to flash them but the flasher is not working on my Mac, what did I do wrong?

@williamcrowley139 3 года назад

get the 1.2.0 version

@sharpboss2249 3 года назад

Is it possible to use a 4 pin rbg strip? like a 5v power with a R, g , and b connector? If not, does anyone know where i can get a long 3 pin led strip?

@UnrealVideoDuke 4 года назад

I'm more interested in using an ESP8266 as a RSS news reader and sending information to a Max#### LED display like a ticker tape... This example would have been handy for the holidays.

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

Originally I was wanting to do this video in November so it would be available for Christmas lights but time ran out. Making a scrolling tickertape sounds like a good new project to look into though! Then I wouldn’t have to keep checking my phone lock screen to see how much money I’ve lost each day.

@torstenb5248 4 года назад

Is there a way to connect this bugger to the zegbee / alexa world?

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

I’m not sure about zigbee but I think it can be associated with Alexa. Maybe I’ll look into it more.

@Sulimankhayyat 3 года назад

what if I had a white channel is it able to control it individually. I've been looking all over and I can't seem to find a quick answer or a good controller. I bought a very limited one and I don't like it.

@GadgetReboot 3 года назад

I haven't tried but the WLED info says it supports addressable types: NeoPixel (WS2812B, WS2811, SK6812) LEDs or SPI based chipsets like the WS2801 and APA102. So if the white strip is addressable and supports one of those, it should be doable, like the different strips I saw here: www.superlightingled.com/addressable-whitedual-white-led-strips-c-5_328.html Then the correct pins of course need to be hooked up to the module to interface it. I think I'll add this to a project to-do list...

@That_One_Guy_Steve 3 года назад

You're epic!!!!!!

@cathycoudriet7752 3 года назад

this flasher never worked on my Mac book air... had to pull out my old pc...

@Doyle69 4 года назад

Any tips to get mdns working? was working fine yesterday, today it will not find it, reset, reflashed, new names etc, will not connect. thanks!

@Doyle69 4 года назад

All good, missed a number on my wifi :)

@BooBar2521 3 года назад

Wow thx

@user-it9ur5nk1t 3 года назад

my led strip has 4 wires, 5v, G, R, B (Gnd), how should I connect it to esp?

@GadgetReboot 3 года назад

Sounds like a non digitally addressable strip where the whole thing would have the same colors. The R G B pins would need transistors to allow PWM brightness control of each one (Adafruit has info here: learn.adafruit.com/rgb-led-strips/overview) and there's some WLED info here (I haven't tried it) github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/issues/58

@maxsilverstein4311 4 года назад

Hey I am not able to get the wled network to merge with my home network

@aanthonylee 3 года назад

can you connect them together?

@ByNetsky 4 года назад

Do i need Ohm Resistor i mean the Board has only 5V?

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

The resistor in series with the data pin, if it is not included it might lead to damage of the first pixel if the voltage tolerance on the data input for the LED is only 5 V. Without the resistor, The data wire might act like a mismatched transmission line which means the data signal will reflect back and forth and the 5 V might stack on top of itself, which the LED chip may not tolerate. adding the resistor minimizes those reflections and keeps the signal voltage within acceptable limits. I have had several strips of LEDs where the first one was damaged and I was not using the resistor.

@Nik_tvnow 4 года назад

Hello, can you give at least one working example of managing this firmware over the UDP Protocol?!

@stopthismadness649 3 года назад

when i try to open the esphome flasher program my mac says it can't be opened but i specifically downloaded the mac version. Does anyone know why this is happening?

@louis.croisez 3 года назад

Apparently there is a bug in the latests esphome flasher app for mac. I got the same problem as you, and found the following solution: Open a Terminal window on your mac, and paste the following command (beware to remote quotes): "sudo chmod +x /Applications/ESPHome-Flasher.app/Contents/MacOS/ESPHome-Flasher" After that, you will be able at least to execute ESPHome-Flasher. NB: you will also have to accept it to run in your System Preferences, because the developper is not a known official developper. But this is not related with your issue.

@aarongarcia4378 3 года назад

did you get it to work i had the same problom

@louis.croisez 3 года назад

@@aarongarcia4378 yes definitely

@stopthismadness649 3 года назад

@@aarongarcia4378 i just installed an earlier version

@DanielRichy 3 года назад

how did you wire up the breadboard pleaseee

@GadgetReboot 3 года назад

I followed the Wled Wiki link but without a level shifter so data went from ESP to the resistor and then to data in of the strip. 5v for the strip came from the USB 5v on the ESP. All grounds were the same from ESP. I didn't need a capacitor across the LED 5 volts for just a small number of LEDs. If using more LEDs than the USB 5 volts can power, I'd still keep grounds the same but then 5v for the LED strip would come from a different power supply instead of USB and its ground is tied to the ESP ground.

@JutKip 4 года назад

can you give me an ebay page for this bread board led ciricle?

@GadgetReboot 4 года назад

www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ws2812+led+ring

@SirSlythe 3 года назад

So much of these comments I bet were paid to say that as all of them say "omg I was looking for this thanks" whereas I don't know where to start, watched the video and still don't know where to start

@GadgetReboot 3 года назад

Well, that's a start...thanks for watching!

@Doyle69 4 года назад

ok.. still having issues with my LOLin board.. it will not save anything, soon as i press save, it wont show in wifi to connect, reflash, shows, setup.. gone.. my Wifi Kit 8 is pefect, this lolin is rubbish.

@tyronwilliams9163 3 года назад

Go 1 step further after getting WLED up and running with your esp or other and download xlights and config WLED so you can also use xlights, Drzzs also has a video on this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p7wV6A26Gak.html .. its amazing to sequence some props with your roof lights

@ttss5726 3 года назад

no serial port list

@BurkenProductions Год назад

It would be better to recode it so its a wifi client instead of ap

@WardenMashups 2 года назад

Take a shot every time he says “WLED” Bet you won’t go to work tomorrow

@GadgetReboot 2 года назад

A lot of people would be very thankful for the ability to work from home these days

@kylehickmen1684 4 года назад

I mispelled my wifi name and now i cant connect to my wled. How can i fix it?

@alejandromarangoni4155 4 года назад

reflash it

@kylehickmen1684 4 года назад

@@alejandromarangoni4155 thanks for the help. It works again!

@h1n1_kazni3 4 года назад

anyone else have a super hard time connecting to their phone? or am i just stupid

@TheTomJon 4 года назад

so when I connect LED power to the ESP8266 the board doesn't connect to wifi; but if I remove the LED power from board wi-fi works.... any idea what's wrong? I'd like to power the LED setup from USB...