Controlling LED Output via external switch

Talonds · 16. Februar 2022

Hi,

I have a fully working test bench setup of a RaspZero running the latest HyperBian. The setup consists of two instances with two LED strips that i control separately, GPIO 18 & 19.

Main instance for the static colour TV surround strip, 2nd for static colour under cabinet lighting.

N.B. i'm not using the TV capture function of this software, purely RGB lighting effects.

What would complete the project is the ability to leave the Pi running 24/7 and control the LED Output option in Hyperion via one or two external switches that would be placed by the cabinet, i know that i can control both instances by the PC, and that i can control only one via App.

So has anyone added switches, either Hard or Soft, to the GPIO pins to control Hyperion.

Many Thanks

Dan.

A-Jey · 17. Februar 2022

If you just want to turn the lights on once in the evening and then off before bed you could also use a Smart Socket to switch the Raspberry Zero itself.
I actually do it that way as I set the option to have a static light when no signal is coming in.
So once the Raspberry started up, the static light turns on.

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