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Smart light options from Philips Hue are pretty expensive, but perhaps nothing is as pricey as the Hue LightStrips. The good news is that you can save quite a bit of cash by putting together some DIY Hue-compatible light strips.

飞利浦Hue的智能灯选件相当昂贵，但也许没有任何一款产品像Hue LightStrips那样昂贵。 好消息是，您可以通过组装一些与DIY Hue兼容的灯条来节省大量现金。

The Hue LightStrip kit costs a cool $90 and comes with two meters worth of light strips. You can add on one-meter extensions for $30 each. To get five meters worth of Hue LightStrips, you’d have to spend $170. However, if you’re willing to do just a bit of assembly yourself (no fancy skills required), you can get the same length of Hue-compatible LED light strips for just a little over $40.

Hue LightStrip套件的价格很便宜，为90美元，并带有两米长的灯条。 您可以添加一个一米的扩展， 每个扩展为30美元 。 要获得价值5米的Hue LightStrips，您必须花费170美元。 但是，如果您愿意自己做一点组装(不需要花哨的技能)，则只需40美元多一点，就可以得到相同长度的Hue兼容LED灯条。

The only downsides are that your light strip won’t work with HomeKit or Hue Sync, and transitions aren’t as smooth as the real thing, but if you’re still interested in saving a lot of cash, then keep reading.

唯一的缺点是您的灯带不能与HomeKit或Hue Sync一起使用，并且过渡效果不如真实的平滑，但是如果您仍然想节省很多现金，请继续阅读。

你需要什么 (What You’ll Need)

To create your Hue-compatible LED light strips, you’ll need three main components: the LED light strips, the controller module, and a power supply. Unfortunately, you can only find the right controller module on Aliexpress, so be prepared to wait a few weeks, since it ships from China.

要创建与Hue兼容的LED灯带，您需要三个主要组件：LED灯带，控制器模块和电源。 不幸的是，您只能在Aliexpress上找到合适的控制器模块，因此请等待几周，因为它是从中国发货的。

Here’s what you’ll need:

这是您需要的：

• Gledopto ZigBee RGB+CCT LED Controller: This controller lets you change the colors, as well as the color temperature of the white spectrum.

  Gledopto ZigBee RGB + CCT LED控制器 ：此控制器可让您更改颜色以及白色光谱的色温。

• Five Meter LED Light Strip: You can cut these down to a shorter length if need be, or you can buy more if you want something even longer (by using connectors).

  五米LED灯带 ：如果需要，您可以将其切割成较短的长度，如果您想要更长的长度，可以购买更多(使用连接器 )。

• 12V 3A Power Supply: Three amps will get the job done for five meters of light strips or fewer. If you’re adding more, you’ll want to go with a 5A power supply.

  12V 3A电源 ：3安培可完成5米或更短灯带的工作。 如果要添加更多产品，则需要使用5A电源。

In total, this all cost me just $43.90. This same kind of setup using the official Hue LightStrips would cost $170, and that’s not including sales tax.

总共，这一切只花了我$ 43.90。 使用官方的Hue LightStrips进行此类设置的费用为170美元，这还不包括营业税。

组装在一起 (Assembling Everything Together)

There’s not a whole lot you need to do to get it all up and running, and it takes about five minutes to put together everything.

要使所有功能都正常运行，您不需要做很多事情，将所有内容放在一起大约需要五分钟。

To start, take the six wires on the end of the LED light strip and plug them into their respective slots on the controller module. To do this, use a pen or small screwdriver to press down on the terminal, slide the wire into its slot, and release the terminal to lock the wire in place.

首先，将LED灯带末端的六根电线插入控制器模块上各自的插槽中。 为此，请使用钢笔或小螺丝刀按下端子，将电线滑入其插槽中，然后松开端子以将电线锁定到位。

Here’s a photo of what the connections look like so that you can match it with yours. Take note that the white wire doesn’t actually plug into the “W” slot, but rather the “V+” slot. Also, there are two red wires—the one next to the blue wire plugs into the “R” slot. The other red wire plugs into the “W” slot.

这是连接外观的照片，以便您可以将其与您的连接相匹配。 请注意，白线实际上并没有插入“ W”插槽，而是插入了“ V +”插槽。 此外，还有两根红色导线-蓝色导线旁边的一根插入“ R”插槽。 另一根红色电线插入“ W”插槽。

Once you’ve made all the connections, plug the power supply into the controller module. Plug the other end into an outlet.

完成所有连接后，将电源插入控制器模块。 将另一端插入插座。

The LED light strip should light up right away. If not, make sure that the green light on the controller is lit up. If the indicator light is on, then check the wire connections. Also, make sure to cut down the other end of the light strip so that the tips of the wires don’t touch each other. If they are touching, it won’t short out the lights, but it will result in displaying different colors than what you chose.

LED灯带应立即点亮。 如果不是，请确保控制器上的绿灯点亮。 如果指示灯点亮，则检查电线连接。 另外，请确保切下灯条的另一端，以使电线的尖端不会相互接触。 如果他们触摸了，它不会使灯短路，但是会导致显示的颜色与您选择的颜色不同。

Once your light strip is working correctly, it’s now time to connect it to your Hue Bridge and control it from your phone!

灯条正常工作后，现在就可以将其连接到色相桥并通过手机进行控制了！

将其连接到顺化 (Connecting It to Hue)

Connecting the light strip to your Hue Bridge and controlling it from your phone is the same as adding any other Hue light. Start by opening up the Hue app and tapping the “Settings” tab at the bottom.

将灯带连接到Hue Bridge并从手机进行控制与添加任何其他Hue灯相同。 首先打开Hue应用程序，然后点击底部的“设置”标签。

Select “Light Setup” from the list of options.

从选项列表中选择“ Light Setup”。

Tap “Add Light” in the top-left corner of the screen.

点击屏幕左上角的“添加光”。

Hit “Search” at the bottom.

点击底部的“搜索”。

The app will begin searching for new lights. Eventually, it will find the new light strip, which will be named something like “Extended Color Light.”

该应用程序将开始搜索新的灯光。 最终，它将找到新的灯带，其名称将类似于“扩展色光”。

From there, go back and add the new light to a room under the “Room Setup” option. This lets you control the light and include it with your other Hue lights in that room.

从那里返回，并在“房间设置”选项下将新的灯光添加到房间。 这样，您就可以控制灯光，并将其与该房间中的其他Hue灯光一起使用。

At this point, your DIY light strip acts like any other Hue light, and you would never know the difference otherwise from within the app.

此时，您的DIY灯带会像其他任何Hue灯一样工作，否则您将永远不会从应用程序内部知道区别。

Again, the downside is that it won’t work with HomeKit or Hue Sync, and transitions are rather sudden when dimming or turning lights on and off, at least compared to the smooth transitions of an official Hue light. It’s not a huge deal, though, especially when you’re saving a ton of money.

同样，不利的一面是它不适用于HomeKit或Hue Sync，并且在调暗或打开和关闭灯光时，过渡相当突然，至少与正式的Hue光源的平稳过渡相比。 不过，这并不是什么大不了的事情，尤其是在您节省大量金钱的时候。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/361560/how-to-make-your-own-philips-hue-lightstrips-for-cheap/

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