Raspberry Pi Controls Christmas Light Effects With Custom Web Server

When it comes to Raspberry Pi projects, it’s hard to beat the creative spark that comes with each holiday season. Today we’ve got an exciting Pi-powered Christmas project to show off from maker Zatagado. With the help of our favorite SBC, Zatagado is able to control the lights on their Christmas tree using a custom web server.

The project is built around a Raspberry Pi 4 but you could easily recreate the concept using a Pi 3 or even a Pi Zero W. The Pi needs to have GPIO to control the Christmas lights, which in this case is a strip of individually addressable WS2812b LEDs, as well as an Internet connection to help host the web server interface.

Ash Hill
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