# WLED Changes the Game

URL: /show/self-hosted/8/
> Sometimes one project can lead to a hundred more. We celebrate Home Assistant's new release, the inclusion of the WLED integration and fall down the DIY project rabbit hole.

- Show: [Self-Hosted](/show/self-hosted/)
- Episode: 8
- Date: 2019-12-19
- Hosts: alex, chris
- Duration: 00:34:23
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7296e34a-2697-479a-adfb-ad32329dd0b0/f4779209-7b93-457d-a586-034b65301711.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gt8JvI4K_aY





### Episode Links

  * [Hass.io - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/ "Hass.io - Home Assistant") — Hass.io turns your Raspberry Pi (or another device) into the ultimate home automation hub powered by Home Assistant. With Hass.io you can focus on integrating your devices and writing automations.
  * [Home Assistant Community Store](https://hacs.xyz/ "Home Assistant Community Store") — HACS gives you a powerful UI to handle downloads of custom needs.
  * [Omni 20c+ 100W USB-C/Wireless Charging](https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Charging-Portable-Smartphones-MobileStudio/dp/B07PTNV3CF "Omni 20c+ 100W USB-C/Wireless Charging") — Portable Power Bank with USB Hub
  * [ESPHome](https://esphome.io/ "ESPHome") — ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems.
  * [Home Assistant Smart LEDs using WLED and ESP8266](https://blog.ktz.me/home-assistant-smart-leds-using-wled-and-esp8266/ "Home Assistant Smart LEDs using WLED and ESP8266") — A platinum level Home Assistant integration for the WLED project was released with version 0.120 on Nov 20th 2019. I'm going to walk you through flashing a D1 Mini (though the same steps apply for a NodeMCU too) using Linux. You can probably expect this process to take about 5-10 minutes.
  * [WLED: Control WS2812B RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 over WiFi!](https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED "WLED: Control WS2812B RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 over WiFi!") — A fast and feature-rich implementation of an ESP8266/ESP32 webserver to control NeoPixel (WS2812B, WS2811, SK6812, APA102) LEDs!
  * [LED strips - Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L0YvDVq_V17lLOeBc-H19np4wcSLqI6X5i6OAOGoaM/edit#gid=0 "LED strips - Google Sheets")
  * [0.102: Official Android App, Almond, Scene editor](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2019/11/20/release-102/ "0.102: Official Android App, Almond, Scene editor")
  * [Self-Hosted Live Hack Livestream Recording](https://youtu.be/aQyigSkcjMQ "Self-Hosted Live Hack Livestream Recording") — DIY ESP device based LEDs just got a whole lot easier.