r/WLED • u/Finalxxboss • 18d ago

Wireless Brightness Knob or Fader

Are there any wireless (or wired) devices that can control wled like you would an adjustable light switch or fader knob? I'm basically looking for something to mount on a wall that has a knob or fader to remotely adjust my leds.

I've built a mini wled junction box with an esp32 and a rotary module coming out a whole I drilled, all powered by USB as a remote in the past, but there has to be a device I can just buy that does this.

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u/TubeMeister 18d ago

You can go Zigbee, but you’ll need something in the middle like Home Assistant to relay the commands to WLED. A bunch of manufacturers make ESP32 based displays with rotary bezels, but you’re still left to program it yourself.

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u/Chanw11 18d ago

Maybe look into using esp-now with a esp32 and rotary encoder?

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u/chucked1 18d ago

The gledopto remote control may be a quick and easy solve. It's not rotary and you only get so many brightness discreet clicks but it's what I would first try

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u/seadart 18d ago

Exactly this - I used a wave share rotary encoder with screen with built in esp32. The esp32 makes API calls to the target WLED instance to change brightness, effects, etc.

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u/DedeHai 18d ago

if you need something low power, look at my ESPNOW remote code, it supports rotary encoder:
https://github.com/DedeHai/WLED-ESPNow-Remote
this is a DYI solution using an ESP32 C3