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Controlling multi-colour lights with WLEDWLED is custom firmware for controlling multi-colour LED lights. It's designed for string lights, with lots of individual LEDs that can be controlled independently. I've recently given it a try for th…Neil Turner·May 11·6 min readFollowelectronicsespfirmwarehomeassistant
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