Configuring WLED to wipe-on the LEDs on startup

Posted on Wed 22 November 2023 in electronics

WLED is an open source project for controlling LED-strips. I wanted my LED strip to "wipe on" when powering on, similar to the first half of the "Wipe" effect, but staying on after that. These are my notes.

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Specs of the SK6812 LED strip

Posted on Thu 31 August 2023 in electronics

I was considering a SK6812 strip for a project of mine, but I found it very hard to find information online about the power consumption. So I ordered a test strip to do the measurements myself. The SK6812 is an individually addressable LED strip. I got the RGBW variant, where …


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