H801 RGBW LED controller ======================== The H801 is pretty affordable and easy to hack and adapt to your needs. It can be found on `AliExpress `__ `Here `__ is an article about the hardware for those who have an interest for more details about the board. It can be used as a RGB, RGBW, RGB dual white or even control 5 individual monochromatic strips if you want or combinations of these. .. figure:: images/h801.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% For ESPHome, you can then use the :doc:`RGBW ` and the :doc:`ESP8266 Software PWM output ` components using below configuration: .. code-block:: yaml esphome: name: h801light platform: ESP8266 board: esp01_1m wifi: ssid: 'WIFI' password: 'WIFIPASS' manual_ip: static_ip: x.x.x.x gateway: x.x.x.x subnet: 255.255.255.0 logger: api: ota: sensor: - platform: wifi_signal name: "WiFi Signal h801light" update_interval: 60s #RGBWarm output: - platform: esp8266_pwm pin: 12 frequency: 1000 Hz id: pwm_b - platform: esp8266_pwm pin: 13 frequency: 1000 Hz id: pwm_g - platform: esp8266_pwm pin: 15 frequency: 1000 Hz id: pwm_r - platform: esp8266_pwm pin: 14 frequency: 1000 Hz id: pwm_w light: - platform: rgbw name: "H801 Light" red: pwm_r green: pwm_g blue: pwm_b white: pwm_w Make your node in the ESPHome dashboard and compile/upload it. (if it fails OTA it must be uploaded manually with your favorite ESP flasher, e.g. :ref:`esphome-flasher `) .. figure:: images/gpio.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% Front side of board with pins soldered on .. figure:: images/back.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% Back side of the board (don't melt the blue and red wire when soldering) .. figure:: images/rgbwarm.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% This LED strip can be used with the sketch as-is .. figure:: images/rgbw.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% For this type of led strip you have to swap the white and blue GPIO numbers in the sketch. You will need to solder pins to the board inside the H801 (fortunately it's pretty roomy and not a lot of components or stuff in the way apart from the 2 wires on the back). 3.3V, GND, TX and RX (RX to RX and TX to TX) needs to be connected to your serial adapter, the two other pins must be shorted throughout the flashing process by a jumper or a breadboard cable. (Remember to remove it after flashing) Add A PIR(Motion) Sensor ------------------------ It's possible to use the header that was soldered on for flashing as an input. The example below uses the TX pin as a PIR motion sensor input: .. figure:: images/h801-pir_sensor.jpg :align: center :width: 80.0% H801 shown with PIR connedted to header pins The following can be appended to the YAML file for your H801 to configure the TX pin as a motion sensor input. .. code-block:: yaml binary_sensor: - platform: gpio pin: GPIO3 name: "GPIO3-TX Motion" device_class: motion See Also -------- - :doc:`/components/light/rgbw` - :doc:`/components/output/esp8266_pwm` - :ghedit:`Edit`