[Robert] wanted more out of his GE Color Effects G-35 LED Christmas lights. He reverse engineered and then hacked the protocol the lights use to communicate so that he can control each bulb.

Arduino controlled Christmas lights! It all started because [Anx2k] had some leftover LED’s from one of his other projects, so he decided to make use of them as permanently mounted Christmas lights.

Out of the box, the Nanoleaf Matter Smart Holiday String Lights measured 20 metres and had 250 LED lights to wrap around ... cover every area of the Christmas tree. Personally, I hate putting ...