Hey everyone ! I've been working on a little project lately:

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Hey everyone !
I’ve been working on a little project lately: porting @Jason_Coon FastLED + ESP8266 Web Server (https://github.com/jasoncoon/esp8266-fastled-webserver).

  • It’s built using platformio, not the arduino IDE (but could be ported back to it easily)
  • It uses ESPAsyncWebServer as webserver for async requests.
  • It keeps the compatibility with the original RESTful API, while ensuring homekit/homebridge support, FastLED DemoReel animations, etc, etc…
    Meaning, any fork of the original FastLED + ESP8266 Web Server “data” dir should work with this (?)
  • It provides wifi AP mode, Client mode, and MDNS support.

My motivation behind the rewrite is to teach me a bit of C++ while having fun with some esp8266 (in my case an ESP-01) and WS8212 strips

I’m posting this here, as my current tests seems to show that (at my biggest surprise), most of it seems to work… Most, because my self-made proto-board-pseudo-pcb is … crap.

So, right now, I could really use some feedback from people testing the sketch with different hardware than mine.

Big ups to @Jason_Coon for showing me the path and inspiration.

Big ups to the FastLED and esp8266 community!

I hope you will like it :stuck_out_tongue:

Ps: Hrm, regarding the name of this project, I have to admit it was originally called FastLED + ESP8266 Async Web Server… But Hrm… I needed a short string for the hostname, plus the thing is meant to sit on my desk in an opaque i*ea vase :wink:

Peace.

https://github.com/kelexel/ESPDeskLamp

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This looks great, well done, I’m looking forward to trying it out

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I took a quick peek at the code, it looks very nice and organized! I’ve been wanting to reorganize the code for a while, and try my hand at some C++. I’ve also been meaning to try out the async web server. Thanks for sharing, this should help greatly!

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@Jeremy_Spencer ​ Cool! Please keep me informed :slight_smile:
@Jason_Coon ​ Thank you for the nice words! I would be more than happy to have you collaborate on it!
Note, I do think it could have a better name than ESPDeskLamp ;p
Expect some code cleanup in the next hours, and more in the to-do section

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I’ve been working on lots of improvements to my tree project, which is similar and based on esp8266-fastled-webserver. The web app now dynamically includes fields defined in the firmware, which makes it easy to add sliders for variables like speed, drop down lists for palettes, etc. I also just added a “Simple” web page for kids, spouses, etc: https://github.com/evilgeniuslabs/tree-v2

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I’ve got two to try out now :)))

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I’ve updated the project. I’m proud to report it now seems pretty stable :smiley:
Also added the UI (still based on the original one by Jason), but slightly tweaked (added Hue speed, Palette duration…)

@Jason_Coon I tested tree-v2, nice animations (and nide fronted rewrite :wink: