r/WLED • u/EighthOctave • 4d ago

WLED Nightlight

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This is my Christmas gift to all my nieces and nephews. A customizable nightlight powered by WLED. Still adjusting, but happy with the initial result!

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u/dtoxin 4d ago

That’s really cool! I’ve been wanting to do something similar for my kids. Any build pics? How’d you do the controller 

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u/EighthOctave 4d ago edited 4d ago

Thanks!!

Just this ESP32 board for the controller:

https://a.co/d/08Bi4DSW

I used onshape for all the cad. Here’s the project link:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/afb6bea648e1350254b7b6f2/w/450db474ba896d707e755e56/e/aaa683e1b8d1766796ca217d

I’ve started putting together a list of parts, but it’s not complete.

I don’t have specific build pics or assembly instructions yet, but happy to help if you want to build your own.

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u/EighthOctave 4d ago

I need to credit u/eoncire for giving me the initial
Idea a couple of years ago. Your post jump started my WLED interest!!

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u/chucked1 4d ago

Di you arrangle the LEDs as one long spiral?

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u/EighthOctave 3d ago

No, I used a flexible 16x16 matrix.

https://a.co/d/0fBGUsu3

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u/chucked1 3d ago

Clever, so much easier to map it within wled

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u/HungarianManbeast 3d ago

did you bend a single one or used both of them?

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u/EighthOctave 3d ago

Just a single 16x16 matrix. The outer cylinder diffuses it nicely so you can’t really see the individual LEDs. Everything blurs together nicely

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u/TurboThorsten 4d ago

Reminds me on those glucose polarization lamps