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MagicHue and ESPHome

2021-05-09 No Comments

Flashing ESPHome onto a Magic Hue LED Controller and integrating it into Home Assistant

A while back I have ordered a cheap, 5m LED strip with Wi-Fi capabilities. The hardware was perfectly fine, but the Wi-Fi controls only worked through the manufacturer’s own, questionable Chinese app that I didn’t really want to keep around on my phone. I set out to modify and configure the controller to work with both Home Assistant for home automation as well as Apple HomeKit for easy voice control.

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