RGBW-Sunrise-Animation-Neopixel-

MQTT RGBW Sunrise animation with brightness and color control via MQTT'

This repository is to accompany my LED Sunrise Video:

Initial Setup

1. Download the .ino file
2. Ensure you have the correct libraries download and installed (links at top of the ino file)
3. Update information in the user configuration section and upload to the NodeMCU
4. Hook up your NodeMCU, to your RGBW LED strip (default pin is D1 which is GPIO-5)
5. Send the number of minutes you'd like the sunrise to be spread over to the MQTT topic:

[USER_MQTT_CLIENT_NAME]/wakeAlarm

Parts (Amazon Links)

NodeMCU https://amzn.to/2MkBcka

RGBW WS2812B LED Strip http://bit.ly/2QaujCG

Power Supply https://amzn.to/2TAwrG2

Home Assistant YAML

light:
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Bedroom Valance"
    command_topic: "SunriseMCU/command"
    payload_on: "mqttRGB"
    payload_off: "off"
    state_topic: "SunriseMCU/state"
    rgb_command_topic: "SunriseMCU/color"
    rgb_state_topic: "SunriseMCU/colorState"
    white_value_command_topic: "SunriseMCU/white"
    white_value_state_topic: "SunriseMCU/whiteState"
    white_value_scale: 255
    retain: true