LED strips are everywhere these days, lighting up homes, display cases, outdoor areas, and entertainment spaces. They’re great for setting the mood and adding visual flair.
However, finding an LED solution that checks all the boxes —the right color, brightness, dynamic effects, sensor integration and fitting seamlessly into your smart home system — isn’t easy. That’s why we created this LED driver board for Seeed Studio XIAO, a module that can highly customize your lights.
This LED Driver Board is designed to be compatible with the Seeed Studio XIAO boards, supports multiple light strips including ws2812, ws2811, ws2813, ws2815, and supports more than 16 million color settings.
LED Driver Board for Seeed Studio XIAO：
- Lighting automation works seamlessly with over 400 Grove modules — integrating vision, temperature, gas, displacement, sound sensors, and more—to create truly smart lighting solutions.
- Built-in protections—overcurrent, overvoltage, overheating, and short circuit—keep things safe. The power output bypasses the MCU to prevent overheating, delivering a stable 12V/2A and 5V/3A while avoiding risks from excessive current.
- Compatible with Seeed Studio XIAO, supporting BLE, WiFi, and Zigbee, it easily integrates into your smart home system (like Home Asisstant) however you like. The XIAO ecosystem offers plenty of inspiration and support for your projects.
- With the XIAO ESP32-C3, it supports running WLED for advanced LED effects. Whether you’re building ambient lighting, wearable tech, or interactive art, this compact and powerful combo makes it easy to get started.
Different XIAO enable different functions
| Item | With XIAO ESP32S3 | With XIAO nRF52840 Sense | With XIAO ESP32S3 Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless | BLE, Wi-Fi | BLE | BLE, Wi-Fi |
| On Board Sensor | / | MiroPhone, 6-Aix IMU | Microphone, Camera |
| External Sensor (Grove) | Grove - Vision AI Module V2 Grove - Temperature & Humidity Sensor (DHT11) Grove - Digital PIR Motion Sensor and more 400+ |
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| WLED | ✅ | ❌ | Coming soon |
| Home Assistant | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Features | WLED Cheap price | Motion Recognition Sound Detection | Vision AI Detection Sound Detection |
| Price | $4.90+$4.99 | $4.90+$15.99 | $4.90+$13.99 |
Supports a variety of mainstream light strips
| Item | Voltage | IC Type | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| WS2812/WS2812B | 5V | 1 IC Drive 1 LED Chip |  |
| WS2813 | 5V |  |
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| SK6812 | 5V |  |
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| APA104 | 5V |  |
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| WS2811 | 12V | 1 IC Drive 3 LED Chip (External IC) |  |
| WS2815 | 12V | 1 IC Drive 1 LED Chip |  |
| and other 1-wire RGB LEDs | … | … | … |
Application
PIR Smart Light with Home Assistant
With XIAO ESP32S3, the LED driver board and PIR sensor are integrated with Home Assistant to enable smart automation. When presence is detected, the LEDs automatically turn on; when no presence is sensed, they smoothly turn off — all controlled through the LED driver board and coordinated via Home Assistant.
XIAO-Powered Smart WLED Wireless Customizable Light
With XIAO ESP32C3, it run the open-source WLED firmware, it delivers smooth, customizable light effects with wireless control.
Motion-Driven LED Colors
Reading the data from the XIAO nRF52840 onboard LSM6DS3 acceleration sensor and changing the color of LED strip in real time, with the color mapped from the current acceleration value. When you shake the module, the color of the light strip changes. The more violent the shaking, the brighter the color.
Where to Get Started
This LED Driver Board for Seeed Studio XIAO is now available through Seeed Studio’s official channels (Bazaar webstore) at $4.90, and soon will be available on our AliExpress Store too. For technical specifications, example code, and detailed documentation, visit our product page and Wiki page here.
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