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I have been wanting to do simple DMX-controlled effects with LED pixel tape and run into the problems noted above. Have a look at the 'WLED' project hosted on Github. The host microcontroller is an ESP32 or ESP8266 which has built in Wifi and costs around GBP10 from the usual online sources. This is very much a DIY route, but the parts are small, cheap and easy to put in an suitable enclosure. I've started to play with it and I'm impressed. One of the E1.31/Artnet control options offered allows preset scenes (and there's a big selection included by default) to be selected by DMX control value. A related project is 'NodeMCU' which allows similar remote control of relays and triacs. For theatre use I'm not keen on wifi being used for control, but apparently there is a way of using wired ethernet in place of Wifi with these controllers.

I have built a few WLED units and it does work well, however if left running for days the wifi sometimes stops working and needs reboot. I don't know of a way of making it wired though and Artnet/sACN over wifi can be problematic.

 

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These with a custom compiled firmware work nicely for WLED