Multicolor outdoor LED light

Hardware
1

anyone got these working with HA? they can be controlled via Bluetooth so no idea if bluetooth proxy will work

image
image1031×998 100 KB

if BT not good, could you share a link for something that does work via zigbee or zwave?
i am looking for something with warm white but would be nice to change to any color also…

2

In my experience avoid Bluetooth and go for WiFi.

I now use Novostella lights from Amazon and I’m really pleased with them.

@DesertBlade did a nice tutorial to get these reflashed with the Tuya Cloud Cutter firmware.

You can view it here - Novostella Blaze 25W RGB Flood Lights Local Control w/DDP - Share your Projects! / Custom Integrations - Home Assistant Community (home-assistant.io)

Initial reflashing can be a little fiddly but if you get yourself a Raspberry Pi 4 set-up, you can do all of the stuff from there.

Oh, and get yourself a smart plug with a manual operation switch, you have to power-cycle the light to get it into reprogramming mode. All can be done without opening the case.

Good luck, Andy

1 Like
3

I was able to flash these with basically the same steps as Novostella and they are RGBWW. They are out of stock, and a plastic body. There might be others out there that are flash-able. Its hard to tell with out breaking them open, which I had to do with the Novostella. Even same brands and models switch out the chips.

Here is the ESPHome for these, if anyone stumbles onto this:

substitutions:
  name: "flood-light-1"
  friendly_name: Flood Light 1

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
  
bk72xx:
  board: generic-bk7231n-qfn32-tuya

logger:
  #level: "VERY_VERBOSE"

api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret key
    
ota:

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  ap:
    ssid: ${name}
    password: !secret fallback_password

web_server:

captive_portal:

output:
 - platform: libretiny_pwm
   id: red_output
   pin: PWM4
 - platform: libretiny_pwm
   id: green_output
   pin: PWM2
 - platform: libretiny_pwm
   id: blue_output
   pin: PWM1
 - platform: libretiny_pwm
   id: ct_output1
   pin: PWM0
 - platform: libretiny_pwm
   id: ct_output2
   pin: PWM5

external_components:
  - source:
      type: git
      url: https://github.com/KaufHA/common
      # ref: ddp-libretuya
    components: [ ddp ]
    refresh: always

ddp:

light:
 - platform: rgbww
   restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_OFF
   name: ${friendly_name}
   red: red_output
   green: green_output
   blue: blue_output
   warm_white: ct_output1
   cold_white: ct_output2
   color_interlock: true
   cold_white_color_temperature: 153 mireds
   warm_white_color_temperature: 500 mireds
   effects:
     - ddp
4

Someone posted in the Novostella thread a RGBCW flood that is flashable