# WLed: A binding for controlling LED strips and strings from an opensource esp8266 project

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/wled-a-binding-for-controlling-led-strips-and-strings-from-an-opensource-esp8266-project/87286>\
**Category:** Bindings\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/wled-a-binding-for-controlling-led-strips-and-strings-from-an-opensource-esp8266-project/87286 "2019-12-09T23:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt1](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/matt1/32/19930_2.png) [@matt1](https://community.openhab.org/u/matt1)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/wled-a-binding-for-controlling-led-strips-and-strings-from-an-opensource-esp8266-project/87286/194 "2022-01-30T12:32:22Z")

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New build created for anyone that wants to test:

- Bridge/thing structure now used
- Global channels added
- Lower system load as the bridge parses the data once for all segments.

[Index of /openhab/wled/ (pcmus.com)](http://pcmus.com/openhab/wled/)

You will need to delete all things and also clear your cache as this is not backwards compatible.

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