hafpaf / esp8266_neopixel_controller

ESP8266 board with a neopixel webserver controller

ESP8266 webserver controller

With an ESP8266 Arduino board and some Neopixels, this code can create a webserver that controls the neopixels light sequence.

There is no security or authentication on the webserver, and it is intented for people to play around with the lights.

Requirements

Hardware

• An ESP8266 board

• Neopixels. Read about best practices here

• 1, 300-500 Ohm between data and first pixel

• 1 ohm resistors between each Neopixel

• Soldering iron

• About 3 short wires for power, ground and data

• Something to solder on

Software

• Arduino IDE, unless you use other cool stuff to program these boards.

• ESP8266 board drivers. Input the following into 'File -> Preferences -> Additional Boards Manager URLs':https://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json

• ESP8266 library: Found in libary manager

• Adafruit neopixel library: Found in library manager

• ESPAsyncTCP library: https://github.com/me-no-dev/ESPAsyncTCP

• ESPAsyncWebServer: https://github.com/me-no-dev/ESPAsyncWebServer

• ESP-dash library: https://github.com/ayushsharma82/ESP-DASH

Notes

There is a few things to note about ESP8266_neopixel_controller:

• Set the SSID and password to connect to the wifi

• Set LED_PIN and LED_COUNT correctly.

• The boards IP address will be printed out with Serial.print and can be found by opening the serial monitor.

Ressources

• ESP8266_neopixel_controller is based of ESP-DASH ESP8266_blink.ino and Neopixel strandtest.ino