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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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    Led without Bread-boards !

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    • 4lice4 Offline
      4lice
      last edited by

      Hi folks :

      is there any possibility that I can add led lights to my magicmirror through USB or without Bread-boards n gpio? is there any module for that?

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        maxbachmann
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        @4lice there is not really a module that comes to my mind. However you should probably specify a bit more what you even want to achieve. There are tons of possibilities what you might want to do with leds. When people know what you actually want it’s a lot easier to provide you with tips on how to build it :)

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          4lice
          last edited by

          @maxbachmann I really wants to decorate my rooms with looong LED strings and stripes but not bulbs I want make small LED light flakes for Christmas, wedding holidays and ceremonies …
          but I don’t want using GPIO or the sheet white bread-board anymore I wanna using USB so how to control it with voice or Toggle button through mobile or something like that?

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            maxbachmann
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            @4lice When you only want to control the color in a easy way you could just use one of those led stripes that already have a remote control to set the colors. If you want to control them with the raspberry pi it’s definetly easier to use the GPIO pins than USB ;) Why you want to use USB over the GPIO Pins? Breadboard is generally a fast build thing you use for testing purposes. You will have to consider that when using long LED stripes you definetly need more power than a raspberry pi can deilver so you will need to use a external power supply for them.

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            • yawnsY Offline
              yawns Moderator
              last edited by

              I agree with maxbachmann. Go for Philips Hue for example. You can control with your smartphone and with Alexa

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                bimbim2401
                last edited by

                Hello

                I made a small module for the mmm to pilot led strip but you need breadboard transistor and resistance

                Tell me if you want me to explain more

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