Hi,
although you already released a new version to Git but I have a question:
Is it possible to add a reboot functionality to the button, like:
pressing 3 seconds and then reboot

Would that be possible?
The reason is just for, let's say investigation purpose and sometimes the issue with no response.

Thanks.

In Maxim Kulkin repo https://github.com/maximkulkin/esp-homekit-demo/tree/master/examples/led_strip_animation an example of that. You get two devices after pairing one for color, second for amazing animated effects.

The wiki only has info on WS2812 which only has 3 pins and I dont see anywhere for the ws2813 pins

Hey, This is more than of a question than an issue, I want to ask what software did you use to design your PCB, I have downloaded the design for pcb v.2 but I have no idea what program to install to use it.

Hi, if i try add you Prog. to the Arduino IDE i receive an error message that there is no valid library.
Could you please update this, cause i really want to try out your awesome scretch.

Thanks in advance. - Max

effects 0 - Static - (No flashing. Simply old static light) not working, the strip continues to make effects

what is the wifi password?

Thanks, for great wiki and this repo at all. But where I can find source code of this bin?

Hey
I just tried to setup the code and add it to HomeKit.
In homekit it says the device couldn't be found... so i looked up in the serial monitor and it keeps saying mdns_recv: pbuf too small
even the wifi is connected and the service is running.
Can someone please help me with that?
thanks in advance!

hey,

i want the bin files uploading to my wemos (esp8266). i used nodeflasherMCU. but it won's work. can someone explain me how to get the bin files on my board?

Hi,

thanks for sharing the amazing stuff!!!

I have only 1 minor issue with the accessory. I'm using one of the led strips in the bower which is not always connected to the electricity and sometimes I switch it on in night. Is is possible to add the additional power state to turn leds on by default when power on the controller? It would be great to have that option.

This have animation?

is it possible to change the speed of the effects? that for example effect 9 (Rainbow Cycle) cycles faster.

Hi!

How do I calculate the correct fuse to use?

I'll use WS2812BECO 5 meters.

Thank you!

When I acces the Ap first time, it loads a blank site, I can’t see the networks

I have reset and re flashes the chip. Any ideas?

Hey,
I would like to set static effects.
For example, a color gradient from one color to the other across all LEDs. (white to red, in all brightness levels)
or rainbow colors that don't move ...
is that possible somehow?

best regards
MajorTom1301

Hey guys! Does the Homekit WS2812B controller works on this Electrodragon's board? (https://www.electrodragon.com/product/esp-led-strip-board/)

Hello,

I recently succeeded in flashing the official ESP8266 12-F "Espressif" modules without problem with the official software of Espressif.

Today I tried to flash non-official ESP8266EX modules several times (I failed to identify the logo) but after flashing, no "HomeKid-xxx" network appears.

I tried the "QIO" and "DIO" mode, and also 4Mb or 32Mb but nothing helps, it doesn't work.

To make sure that the modules were not bricked, I tried with the Arduino software to upload a test sketch and all the modules work perfectly, it's very strange.

Here are the results of the modules (in Arduino):

• Chip: ESP8266EX
• Crystal = 26MHz
• Flash size detected = 4Mb

Could you help me or tell me if these modules are compatible please?

Hi,
after some time the devices are not reachable anymore in Homekit. I have now 4 of these in my Homekit and after a while they are gone. Not every but here and there one of these is not responding so you cannot use them. A restart by powering off and on helps and they are back.
It's also strange that sometime they are not reachable via Wifi anymore although the wifi repeater is really next to them (10cm). But sometimes they are still reachable via Wifi but not in Homekit.
What can I do to not do the restart by powering off these devices?
What is you experience with this behavior, do you have it as well?

Hello HomeKid

First i want to thank you for your awesome work on the WS2812B Homekit solution. 🥇
It's working very well and i'm so happy with it.

Now i want to go the next mile. i liked to order your PCB-board from BCP-Way.
I just want to ask you if you can provide me the needed BOM-File for this Project. Unfortunaly I'm not familiar with the different manufactures and models of the parts and i dont want to make a misstake.

I'm looking forward to read from you and wish yoou a lovely evening. 😊

I was thinking to start with this project but i have couple of extra ESP32 boards, so i was wondering if this can be done on an esp32 or only works on esp8266

I have a WS2812 ESP8266 ESP01 ESP-01 WS2812 RGB as in the photo and use the gpio2, it is possible to have the bin file for this gpio2

I cannot connect my controller to my Home App. Configuring the Wifi worked. After that it sometimes say after a few seconds that it couldn't connect, or it takes up to 2 minutes with the same ending. Tried it on a NodeMcu as well on one of your PCBs. On both happened the same. Hope someone can help me. :)

Hi - would it be possible to include the actual source code as opposed to just a .bin file in this repository?

I ordered a few PCBs yesterday, and want to understand how this all fits together.

Thanks

Hello,

Sorry to open a new issue for this problem (again) but I can't find a good solution to fix it!

I used this (Dev Board for flash the "ledstrip.bin" file to my ESP12-F and I try several times with 3 different ESP-12F modules and I can't see the Wifi AP network !

I've also tried different flash mode "DIO" and "QIO" but same issue and I can't choose the flash size with the NodeMCUFlash tool!

What's doing wrong? I missing steps?

This is the result of my flash's :

esptool.py v2.6
Serial port COM5
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
MAC: c4:5b:be:6e:24:f5
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Configuring flash size...
Auto-detected Flash size: 4MB
Erasing flash (this may take a while)...
Chip erase completed successfully in 3.4s
Compressed 507328 bytes to 358349...
Wrote 507328 bytes (358349 compressed) at 0x00000000 in 32.4 seconds (effective 125.5 kbit/s)...
Hash of data verified.

Leaving...
Staying in bootloader.

Firmware successfully flashed. Unplug/replug or reset device 
to switch back to normal boot mode.

Quick question: I'm thinking of buying some neopixels for my Christmas tree later in the year, and I would like them to be compatible with HomeKit. Will it work with these LEDs, even though they're not WS2812B, they're WS2811, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TN6MF4G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_InjJFbVJESXYR ?

Thanks

Hi - I'm trying to find more info on the (Eve?) Light Effect Characteristic you implemented as UUID:

F8600004-079E-48FF-8F27-9C2605A29F52

Do you have any pointers for more information?

Thanks

Should be nice if we can group the LEDs when using FX to animate group of pixels instead one single "pixel".

Hi,
I've a question how your process of updating the software is?
Do you always flash the software and all the settings, wifi etc. needs to be done again or is there another way of doing the update?
Thanks.

Hi, i followed instructions, but after flashing esp (NodeMCU v3), it's just blinking the led wihout wi-fi, I'm sure it's the firmware problem, because this firmware https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AzWJmgX-aS_xijP5oKopCuhYHjpF2NpJ/view works, but there's another problem...

Hi. Thanks for you pcb. Could you please share Gerber files for v3 pcb. Because there is only for version 2.0.2 in release. Thanks.

Hey, it's me again..
Noob question: I'm planning to use the NodeMCU... I've saw the basic schematic and why I can't connect the RX pin to Din? I've saw many projects with I2S+WS2812B that connects directly.
If I can't connect directly, can I use a logic converter 3.3v-5v to replace the 74AHCT125?

Thank you!

I flashed my esp8266, but i cant find the Wifi AP that it is supposed to generate.

Could anyone help me?

Hey there, since the source isn't public and I can't send a PR:
Could you please release a new image with the firmware version number bumped to 1.1.2 (500) so the Eve Apps stops showing me an available firmware update?

Thanks a ton ☺️

I think this is a really cool project and would love to give it a shot. I have some nodemcu boards that i would like to use instead of the wemos D1 mini. I tried flashing the software using this flasher. the flasher gives me a green check mark and after a restart blue led blinks but it never shows up on the wifi.

Are the nodeMCU supported?

Hi,
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for the source code into the directory src but I find only two .bin files.
I suppose, that these files are just for flashing the ESP.
This happens also if I download the Source code.zip.
I expected to find some C or similar source code, I'm missing something?
Thanks.

Hi (fellow hungarian),
tried to flash the binaries into an esp01 with 1M RAM, it works just fine.
the device boots successfully and registers to the WiFi i configured in the 'initial' phase.
it is able to acquire an IPv4 address from the DHCP server, and responds to ping requests, but that's all. no pairing is possible. i dumped the wireless traffic to see what could go wrong but i literally don't see much going on. i have some other ESP-Homekit based items in my network, and they show up in the mDNS discovery tool, but not this one.
i am wondering whether i could get the sources and recompile the code with the latest homekit libs from MaximKulkin.
moreover i also like to change the DOUT pin in the code to GPIO2 - i suppose this should not be a big issue with low led counts where software I2S is actually an option - albeit i can live with this.

Hey there,
i found no information on which pin is used as data pin to drive the WS2812 LEDs.
Could you give further information?
Thanks

Hello, I flashed the ledstrip.bin file to a NodeMCU, it took about 1,5 minutes and after that the board is completly dead. The blue led flashes once when Connected to usb but the board is no longer recognised by the pc. Maybe you can point me to a direction to solve this issue?

I passed 8266, added the device to the homkit, but it does not work from it! when you click on or off, the ribbon continues to glow! what should I do?

Any possibility for RGBW with sk6812??

hello I have installed the Homekit WS2812B I have the latest version of ios and last of eve the device works well the only thing wrong I do not find the effects on the app eve made with wemos d1 mini

There's a few WS2812b strips and strings out there (and on my balcony) that have their LEDs wired up in GRB order rather than RGB. Without tweaks that means Red is green and vice versa, screwing up color mixing in a number of ways. Any chance to get a GRB version (nevermind a configurable characteristic) or the sources to compile one?

Hello,

Is it possible to add the new iOS 14's adaptive lighting feature ?

Thanks in advance,

I really like your PCB designs.

Unfortunately I can't find the data for the PCB and for the stencil to download at PCB Way. Could you make them available for direct download (possibly in Git)?

In order to design a nice case for the board, a 3D model of the board would be really helpful. Could you also make this available in Git?

Hello,
not completely related to your project but I'm a homebridge developer and would like to know how you've implemented the effects so that they can be triggered by the Eve app so that I can implement it also in some homebridge related projects.

Since you aren't providing any code (is there a specific reason for this?) but binarys I couldn't look it up.

Anyways thanks for your great projects / work!

Kind Regards

Hello,
Would it be possible to have effects as a switch in the Home app?
Obviously not all, but a few favourites.

Right now I'm using homebridge-wled and hb-http-switch to achive similar to it.

Thanks,

Hello.

Is it possible to increase the number os LEDs? The limit is 500 and I need 600 ( I have 2 LED strips with 300 LEDs each).

Thanks