Controlling RGB Lights From ESP32 Web Server

Here we are going to make a web server in ESP32 with an interactive web page to controls the color and brightness of a 12V RGB LED strip.

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Controlling RGB Lights From ESP32 Web Server

Things used in this project

Hardware components

UTSOURCE Electronic Parts

DFRobot FireBeetle ESP32 IOT Microcontroller (Supports Wi-Fi & Bluetooth)

RGB LED Strip

UTSOURCE Breadboard

UTSOURCE TIP120

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

Originally posted in http://bit.ly/2PgF898

Introduction

In this project we are going to make a web server in ESP32 with interactive web page to controls the color and brightness of an 12 volt RGB LED strip.

Video

Working Theory

A five-meter 12 volt RGB LED strip has been connected to an ESP32 NodeMCU board because the NodeMCU board cannot directly drive the LED strip we have used a NPN transistor(TIP120) to drive the LED strip from the NodeMCU. The transistors are connected to the PWM supported pins of the ESP32 development board each for red, green and blue lines of the LED strip.

In the coding part we have created a web server with a small and light weight web page which will load in the browser when we typed the IP address of our ESP32. The web page contains some buttons to turn on/off each colors and there are also buttons for mixing the red, green, blue colors to make any color combination.

Circuit

Connect the R, G & B terminal of the LED strip to the collector of the transistor as shown.
Through a 10Kohm resistance connect the base of the transistors to the D25, D26 & D27 pins of the ESP32 NodeMCU.
All the grounds has to be connected together as shown, ground of ESP32, ground of transistors and ground of the 12v power supply used for the RGB LED strip.
You can power the NodeMCU board either through the usb cable or through the VIN terminal.

Pros & Cons Of Current Implementation

Pros:

Easy for beginners to understand the concept and code.
Only HTML and CSS used for webpage.

Cons:

Webpage refresh every-time a button is pressed.

Whats On Next Update

Implementing java script for the web page to avoid full reload of the page when the buttons are clicked.
Storing the code for web page in PROGRAME memory instead of flash memory.
Soft coded WiFi credentials with WiFi manager.
Access point when no WiFi network is found.
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Code

Code

// Load Wi-Fi library
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <analogWrite.h>

// Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid     = "Your_SSID";
const char* password = "Your_Paswd";

// Set web server port number to 80
WiFiServer server(80);

// Variable to store the HTTP request
String header;

// Assign output variables to GPIO pins
const int redPin = 26;
const int greenPin = 27;
const int bluePin = 25;

int greenValue = 0;
int redValue = 0;
int blueValue = 0;

String redValueString = String(redValue);
String greenValueString = String(greenValue);
String blueValueString = String(blueValue);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // Connect to Wi-Fi network with SSID and password
  Serial.print("Connecting to ");
  Serial.println(ssid);
  WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
    Serial.print(".");
  }
  // Print local IP address and start web server
  Serial.println("");
  Serial.println("WiFi connected.");
  Serial.println("IP address: ");
  Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
  server.begin();

  analogWriteResolution(8);
}

void loop(){
  WiFiClient client = server.available();   // Listen for incoming clients

  if (client) {                             // If a new client connects,
    Serial.println("New Client.");          // print a message out in the serial port
    String currentLine = "";                // make a String to hold incoming data from the client
    while (client.connected()) {            // loop while the client's connected
      if (client.available()) {             // if there's bytes to read from the client,
        char c = client.read();             // read a byte, then
        Serial.write(c);                    // print it out the serial monitor
        header += c;
        if (c == '\n') {                    // if the byte is a newline character
          // if the current line is blank, you got two newline characters in a row.
          // that's the end of the client HTTP request, so send a response:
          if (currentLine.length() == 0) {
            // HTTP headers always start with a response code (e.g. HTTP/1.1 200 OK)
            // and a content-type so the client knows what's coming, then a blank line:
            client.println("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
            client.println("Content-type:text/html");
            client.println("Connection: close");
            client.println();

            if(header.indexOf("GET /-r") >=0 ) redValue -=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /+r") >=0) redValue +=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /+g") >=0) greenValue +=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /-g") >=0) greenValue -=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /+b") >=0)  blueValue +=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /-b") >=0) blueValue -=1;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /Red") >=0) if(redValue == 0) redValue = 254; else redValue = 0;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /Green") >=0) if(greenValue == 0) greenValue = 254; else greenValue = 0;
            else if(header.indexOf("GET /Blue") >=0) {if(blueValue == 0) blueValue = 254; else blueValue = 0;}

            
            analogWrite(redPin,redValue);
            analogWrite(bluePin,blueValue);
            analogWrite(greenPin,greenValue);

            redValueString = String(redValue);  
            greenValueString = String(greenValue);
            blueValueString = String(blueValue);

            // Display the HTML web page
            client.println("<!DOCTYPE html><html>");
            client.println("<head><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1\">");
            client.println("<link rel=\"icon\" href=\"data:,\">");
            // CSS to style the on/off buttons 
            client.println("<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/css/bootstrap.min.css\">");
            
            client.println("</head>");
            
            // Web Page Heading
            
            client.println("<center>");
            client.println("<body><h1>ESP32 RGB Web Server</h1>"); 
            client.println("<br>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /+r \" ");
            if(redValue == 254)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">+</button>"); 
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">+</button>"); 
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /Red\" ");
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">RED(" + redValueString + ")</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");
            
            client.println("<a href = \" /-r \" ");
            if(redValue == 0)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">-</button>");  
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">-</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<br>");
            client.println("<br>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /+g \" ");
            if(greenValue == 254)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">+</button>"); 
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">+</button>"); 
            client.println("</a>");
            
            client.println("<a href = \" /Green \" ");
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">GREEN(" + greenValueString + ")</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /-g \" ");
            if(greenValue == 0)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">-</button>");  
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">-</button>");
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<br>");
            client.println("<br>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /+b \" ");
            if(blueValue == 254)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">+</button>");  
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">+</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /Blue \" ");
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">BLUE(" + blueValueString + ")</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<a href = \" /-b \" ");
            if(blueValue == 0)
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md disabled\">-</button>");  
            else
            client.println("<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-md\">-</button>");  
            client.println("</a>");

            client.println("<center>");
            client.println("</body></html>");

            
            // The HTTP response ends with another blank line
            client.println();
            // Break out of the while loop
            break;
          } else { // if you got a newline, then clear currentLine
            currentLine = "";
          }
        } else if (c != '\r') {  // if you got anything else but a carriage return character,
          currentLine += c;      // add it to the end of the currentLine
        }
      }
    }
    // Clear the header variable
    header = "";
    // Close the connection
    client.stop();
    Serial.println("Client disconnected.");
    Serial.println("");
  }
}

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Controlling RGB Lights From ESP32 Web Server