PXLed

While there are many ways to modernize your way, a simple and cost-effective solution would be the installation of LED strips. Not only do they provide endless style options, but they are also versatile and can be placed anywhere from your living room to your gaming PC and windows.

PXLed is a real-time interface designed for LED strips that provides you with numerous ways to tweak and enhance the settings so that you create the desired ambience. According to the developer, the program is designed to run on a computer without the standard GPIO pins. Instead, it can be connected to the LED strips via a microcontroller and communicate with the lighting through USB or WiFi, for longer distances.

In addition to the software, you should have an Arduino or ESP32 microcontroller to establish the connection. As far as compatibility goes, the application works with the WS2812B LED strip for which it can provide a real-time interface. Providing that you meet all requirements, you can start tweaking the lights and see the immediate effects.

The settings include information about the number of LEDs, type of connection along with the devices’ port name, IP, port and Baud rate. The settings that you can change include gradient, rainbow, solid color and volume bar.