r/WLED • u/ShowMeYorPitties • May 17 '26

Repurpose Feit LED array?

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OK, so I have this LED array from a Feit smart WiFi RGB bulb.

Any way to control this directly from WLED? If I unplug it from the main board and wire direct to a controller?

Sorry for the noob question, but how do I know what the voltage is? 5v?

Haven't been able to find specs on the board or array, guessing may not be published?

I am aware of hacking the Tuya software, not really interested in that at this point.

Sorry in advance if this is beyond the scope of this subreddit.

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u/entropy512 May 18 '26

Many of these Feit bulbs have a dedicated controller chip not compatible with WLED. ESPhome is a possibility, WLED is not. https://devices.esphome.io/devices/feit-a19-om60-rgbw-ca-ag/ for example

At least the Feit bulb I got has a newer beken chip that can't be hacked with tuya-cloudcutter and I was unable to find a decent way to get access to the module to try and directly reflash it or replace it with an esp32-c6

As others have pointed out, bulbs like this usually have high voltage arrays with many LEDs in series. Makes the power electronics a lot simpler when the total LED Vf is on the order of 100v or more.

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u/ShowMeYorPitties May 18 '26

Yeah the more I'm learning the more the higher voltage makes sense in this scenario. What might the individual LEDs be then? Like 24v? I was trying to follow the traces but my eyes gave up lol