corbanmailloux/esp-mqtt-rgb-led

RGBW ledstrip connection

lodv opened this issue · 1 comments

lodv commented

Hi,
I have a question concerning this tutorial: ESP8266 MQTT RGB(W) Lights Using JSON for Home Assistant.
I use a RGBW led strip. It has 5 wires: RGB Black and white.
My led strip has separate led for white.
In your image I can't see the connection for the black wire and the white wire goes to the +12V.
Please can you describe what I have to change in order to get it working.
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Yvonne

corbanmailloux commented

If you're using an RGBW strip, you'll need an additional MOSFET and wiring. You should connect the wire for the white LEDs through a MOSFET to an additional GPIO pin on the ESP, and set the CONFIG_PIN_WHITE value to that pin: https://github.com/corbanmailloux/esp-mqtt-rgb-led/blob/master/mqtt_esp8266_light/config-sample.h#L25.

Additionally, GitHub issues aren't really meant for support, so I'm closing this issue.