Can I combine WLED and ESPHOME?

ESPHome
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Hi,

I have this led strip controller https://www.athom.tech/blank-1/wled-pd-energy-meter-esp32-sounds-reactive-addressable-led-strip-controller that currently has WLED installed on it.
This controller is next to a Bluetooth device that my home assistant server can’t reach.

I would like to use the Bluetooth Proxy — ESPHome feature of Esphome. I wonder if I can use Esphome and WLED on the same device.
Can I, for example, install WLED as an Esphome module ?
Is there a workaround that would allow me to have a bluetooth_proxy device without buying another esp32 board ?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Have a nice day

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No you can not.

You can create an ESPHome device to control your LED strip that also has the Bluetooth proxy component but LED control will not be as full featured as WLED.

WLED Devs have indicated that this is not possible to implement due to limited resources, see: Support for Home Assistant Bluetooth Proxy? · Issue #3279 · wled/WLED · GitHub

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Thanks for your answer.

I have in my home another device that is running WLED.
Can I then use this new controller I have with EspHome (and bluetooth_proxy feature) and also use it as a LED relay ?

Can I set my other WLED controller on the network to control the led strips on this new controller over the network ?

If yes, how ? I am not sure what platform to use for that, nor how it should be configured on WLED. I can’t find examples of people doing that.

Thanks in advance for any answer.

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One option:
https://kno.wled.ge/interfaces/http-api/

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Thanks for your answer. So this is the protocol I will use on WLED’s side, right ?
On ESPhome side, what module will I use ?

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Protocol is same for both.