LEDs

This project was designed to provide programmatic access to LED light strips. It appears the WiFi module that this code communicates with can also control RGB LED light bulbs designed to fit in standard sockets.

What this project does not do is offer individual LED control. Instead, all the LEDs on the strip are controlled together. This doesn't mean all the LEDs need to be on one strip (you can wire multiple strips into the LED controller), but all the LEDs controlled by the WiFi module will be consistently colored.

The first reason is cost. Adafruit industries offers a strip of LEDs that can be individually controlled. It runs about $10/foot. The WiFi module this code communicates with won't work with that fancy LED strip. More basic LED light strips, on the other hand, are coming down in price. We sourced some at about $3/foot (or $4/foot for better weather resistance).

We do not yet know if/how multiple WiFi modules can be used to control different strips. Can you make a green room and also have a red room? We think maybe that would work, but you'd certainly need two WiFi modules and two LED controllers. Can you have one WiFi module paired with multiple LED controllers? We think yes, but don't yet know for sure. Furthermore, we don't know the range of the WiFi module (what proximity it should have to the LED strip controller), nor have we tinkered much with the pairing process of the WiFi module to the LED controller.