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Name: My Baby's Got LED
SKU: 21732
Price: 55.00 USD
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My Baby's Got LED

Easy controllable and connected lighting from a PC power supply

Designed by MCQN Ltd in United Kingdom

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Easy controllable and connected lighting from a PC power supply

⚡ 3 Minute Setup (video) 🚦 Which LEDs to Get (article) 🔮 Example Use (blog) My Baby's Got LED is an easy way to control connected LED lights using WLED software, while keeping the door open for m...

Getting Started

You will need:

a My Baby's Got LED (that's this page!)
a compatible 5V LED strip (guidance here)
and a PC power supply, AXT type with the molex connector (kits available soon!)

And then:

Plug in the LEDs with the 3-pin connector
Clip in the wide connector from the PC power supply
Connect to the board via WiFi
Control your lights! This board uses the excellent WLED software which runs on a phone or desktop browser as well as smartphone apps on Android and iOS.

Here are those steps in an image.

Our record from separated parts to WLED control is 27 seconds!

Click on the picture below for a 3-minute set up guide to see it in action:

Getting Going

Here are some examples of how mcqn, our friends and our customers have used the board.

#DoesTheLiverbirdPlay | Remote Control via Twitter & Livestreaming

Aeternum's Logo Display | Ambient Display of Air Quality & Server Data

@mcknut Exploring Segments with Little Ones

Going Beyond

There's a programming header on the board with the standard FTDI pinout to let you update the software on the ESP8266 with whatever you like.

If you need to wire in additional hardware, all the connections to the ESP8266 module itself are broken out on 0.1" headers.

Tech Specs

The board is certified Open Hardware, running WLED on an ESP8266. Three injection points are limited to 8A each to keep everything safe even with relatively powerful PC power supplies.

How It Began

Adrian needed a way to split up a big Neopixel light display to run parts of it separately, and this is the resulting controller board.

From there, it seemed like something others could use with a spare/scavenged PC power supply to get some interesting displays set up without worrying about the hardware too much.