Instead of using led strips, you could look for 'controllable bulbs'.
There are such devices which can be controlled with wifi using MQTT, example https://www.shelly.com/products/shelly-duo . It is not 'super bright', but perhaps you will find others.
For LED strips, you could make a modular solution based on a WS2812 strip, e.g. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1138
Dedicate a picoW per strip, add a power supply 5V with current prox 3.5 Amps per meter, and a buffer 3.3V to 5V to provide the signals for the strip. For the picoW, use micropython and write a MQTT based application.
Install MQTT broker 'mosquitto' on your RPi, no cloud needed. One RPi can control many MQTT end devices. With wifi, the coverage of your network will impose limits.
There are such devices which can be controlled with wifi using MQTT, example https://www.shelly.com/products/shelly-duo . It is not 'super bright', but perhaps you will find others.
For LED strips, you could make a modular solution based on a WS2812 strip, e.g. https://www.adafruit.com/product/1138
Dedicate a picoW per strip, add a power supply 5V with current prox 3.5 Amps per meter, and a buffer 3.3V to 5V to provide the signals for the strip. For the picoW, use micropython and write a MQTT based application.
Install MQTT broker 'mosquitto' on your RPi, no cloud needed. One RPi can control many MQTT end devices. With wifi, the coverage of your network will impose limits.
Statistics: Posted by ghp — Mon Dec 29, 2025 4:06 pm