An evolution of the My Baby’s Got LED board to work from batteries rather than a fixed power supply. My Bike’s got LED give the same access to WLED but without being tied to a socket.

Onboard is an ESP32 C3 mini module, which is capable of running the sound reactive WLED effects.

The board has a JST connector for standard LIPO batteries, so you can choose the size that best fits your application. Charging is via a USB C socket, which can also be used to connect a secondary power bank if you need extra runtime. The battery management chip is capable of delivering 2.5 amps at 5V, so that’s enough for plenty of lights.

It was developed for bikes but can be used as a compact battery powered WLED device wherever you need addressable leds on the go.

Your bike could look like this too!

I Want One!

You Will Need

The My Bike’s Got LED board handles the control side of things, and makes it easy to plug together a system. For your very own controllable light setup you’ll need:

• The My Bike’s Got LED controller board.
• Some LEDs! There are all sorts of RGB LED options, so we’ll leave that up to you. We have, however, written a guide to help you navigate the many options. The board will work with any of the 5 volt Neopixel/WS2812-compatible or Dotstar/APA102-compatible LEDs. For example, check out Pimoroni’s rangeof Neopixels or Dotstar LEDs. A 500W PC power supply will be able to power up to 500 lights.
• A standard PC (ATX) power supply.

Setup

The document we send out with Tindie orders can be found on the github here.

1. Connect your LEDs to the board. For the 3-pin Neopixel/WS2812 lights, if it has the standard plug on it, then you can just plug it straight in. For anything else, use a screwdriver to fasten the wires into the green pluggable terminal blocks.
2. Plug in the battery. The software on the board will light up the first 30 LEDs in orange to show things are working.
3. Use your computer or phone to connect to the WLED WiFi network, the default password is wled1234. That will take you to a page when you can control the lights.

After that, explore the tutorials and resources on the WLED software wiki