Physical switch to control MQTT controlled LED strip

I bet this has been answered but I couldn’t find it.

I’m building a ESP8266 controlled RGB LED Strip. I plan on having HA control it via MQTT. What I need is a wall switch that will control some basic functions for the wife. Ideally it would be a dimmer switch that just sends commands to HA which in turn will control the strip, I don’t need internal dimming circuitry. I assume a remote would work but what I need is something that is with the other wall switches so that anyone could use it intuitively.

Is there anything like this?

Can use a standard smart dimmer but not actually dim anything just use it to send commands?

I’m planning on using Lutron Caseta for my standard switches and the Pico would work but it looks like it isn’t integrated into HA yet.

I have a very similar situation, haven’t had time to seriously work on the project yet but my thinking was to connect a standard wall switch to an esp8266 arduino that communicates to HA as an MQTT switch. Then make the switch a trigger for the esp8266 controlled LED strip. What I’m still working out is how to safely supply low voltage to this existing switch box.

That’s a good plan but I was hoping for a dimmer. If it was just a switch I would probably use a button. Seems like an obvious problem I’m surprised that there isn’t a solution out there. I’m hopeful that someone figures out the Pico remotes.

Hi,
there are some good ideas in the forun.
the one I like it more is the wall switch

Would a RF9500 or WA00Z-1 work for my needs? Anyone have experience on using these to trigger things within HA?

Any progress on the low voltage effort? I’ve hit a similar roadblock in that my hobbyist level skills can’t make a package small enough to fit in a single gang box.

I never figured out a diy way of doing it that I felt safe with. I found this sonoff though! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077JX1WYM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_60TKAbMXXDS52 (if you look around you can find it cheaper, I got it for $17 off a now unavailable Amazon listing)

It’s a little trickier to flash than the sonoff bruh has an example of on his YouTube, you have to solder gpio pin 0 to ground (there’s plenty of examples on Google). Once the open source software is on it, I just connected it to my mqtt network and created automations triggered by on and off. Everything is wireless, the light that turns on worth the switch is also triggered my mqtt so there’s no hard wire running between the two. And it all functions near instantly!

Thanks, Kip! I’ll give it a look.