Athom

Athom WLED WS2812B LED strip controller (pre-flashed)

Native integrationLocal control

Wi-Fi

Verified July 2026

The tinkerer's route to addressable LED strips: an ESP-based controller shipped pre-flashed with WLED, which Home Assistant auto-discovers via its excellent native, fully local wled integration — effects, segments, presets and all. Pair it with any cheap WS2812B strip and you beat every retail RGBIC strip on features for under a tenner.

Specs

chipset: ESP8266/ESP32 (pre-flashed WLED)
power input: 5-24 V DC
strip support: WS2812B and similar addressable

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