Kategorie: smarthome

Will it WLED? Outdoor LED Strip

Februar 3, 2026 / Adrian Ritter / Keine Kommentare

For the smarthome related project this holiday I was inspired by Chris Mahers YouTube Series „Will it WLED„. So I bought an APPECK permanent outdoor LED wich I want to control with WLED.

From time to tim as special offer at Amazon (https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FS11YD2V)

To control LEDs with WLED it is kind of obvious that you need supported LEDs. Because usually there is no information about the used LEDs, there is a bit of gambling but based on Chris videos I was confident that the Appeck LED strip will work.

Technical Specs of the LED-Strip:
Model	C5109-C
Length	30m
Segments	6 / 5m
LEDs per segment	12
Over all LED count:	72
Power Input	AC 100-240V
Power Output	DC 24V
Wattage (max)	54W
Color	RGBW
Brightness	RGB: 1900LM W:2800LM
Color Temp.	W: 2700K
Conrtrol Methods	2,4GHz WiFi / App / Remote / Voice
Operating Temperature	– 20 °C – + 40 °C

Ledvance smart+ 10W Floodlight with OpenBeken or ESPHome

Oktober 26, 2024 / Adrian Ritter / Keine Kommentare

Recently I had the chance to have a look inside a Ledvance smart+ floodlight. The lamp is easy to open without sacrifice the IP65 certification. I recognized that the controller used is similar to the one inside the Lumary Floodlight I reviewed 2 years ago.

WB2S Controller inside the Ledvance smart+ Floodlight

Vacuum robot without cloud – Viomi SE with Valetudo

Januar 25, 2024 / Adrian Ritter / Keine Kommentare

For some time I thought about integrating an vacuum robot into our smarthome. But as the rest of the smarthome the robot should work offline. So I came across Valetudo Firmware an the list of supported robots: Supported Robots | Valetudo

Next step was, to find a supported robot for a reasonable price. I came across a Viomi SE at an Amazo Warehouse deal in „Good“ confition for 150€ so i decided to give it a try.

Using a Lumary Smart RGBW Flood Light with ESPHome

Juni 7, 2022 / Adrian Ritter / Keine Kommentare

Hey smart home folks!

While looking around for a smart rgbw outdoor flood light, compatible with home assistant and no dependencies to a public cloud I came across this information regarding a not Tasmota compatible device:

https://templates.blakadder.com/unsupported/lumary_floodlight.html

As stated in the article, the built-in chip (Tuya CB2S ) isn’t compatible but it should be easy enough to replace it. So I ordered the flood light and some ESP-02S chips as replacement. Opening the enclosure was easy by removing seven screws and the electronics are wrapped by a shrink tubing: