GLEDOPTO WLED ESP32 Mini LED Strip Controller RGB IC Digital with Mic Music Sound Mode DC5V USB Dynamic WS2811 WS2812 WS2812b WS2814 WS2815 SK6812 Addressable LED Strip

What makes it worth the effort is how flexible and compact it is. After some experimenting, you can fine-tune brightness, effects, and timing exactly how you want, and the ESP32 chip gives you plenty of headroom for customization. It’s not a beginner’s controller — more of a “tinkerer’s toy” that rewards patience — but when it’s dialed in, it performs beautifully. If you like to experiment and don’t mind getting your hands dirty to make your setup perfect, this little board absolutely delivers.

This is one of the best controllers. Very easy to set up. I have had smlight controller which are also really good but this is cheaper and easier to set up. Worked right out of the box. Highly recommend.

Works well, but I wish there was an option to have a coin cell inside to save configurations if power is ever lost. Multiple times had the power go out momentarily and all configs were lost.

All worked except the mic function per instructions. Mic function is a complete failure. 12/30/25 Updated to 5 stars. After communicating with the company I realized I was not using the correct effects in Wled for the microphone function to work. Had to be using an effect that had the musical note beside it. Thanks GLEDOPTO

If you want to play with WLED, this is your boy. Plug it into a cell charger, and attach a 5v LED strip (There are proper connectors on both ends) and then fire it up. The WLED app immediately finds it and lets you configure it. I had zero problems out of it, even through a WLED firmware update. I love this device.

Device has no power when connect with USB (computer or charger). No status light showing what's going on. Returned.

I really like this. WLED upgrades fine. Also has a mic so it will react to sounds when programmed.

I really liked this little controller, but something seems to have failed in it. It was working for about two days. When I moved it to another USB power adapter, the LED strip flashed for an instant then quit working. The UI was still working at the time, but after a while, it started getting stuck loading in the WLED app. The app could still see the controller, but the UI was inaccessible most of the time. I have used and built many WLED controllers. It might be my imagination, but the controller feels hotter than it should if no strip is attached. I checked the LED connector and it was still supplying 5V. It seems the gpio for the serial data output has failed, and for whatever reason, the ESP32 inside is running very hot. Regardless, I plan on buying more of these units. I can't imagine this is a common failure in this device.