🔮 Energy Orb V2 – Smart Status Light for Home Assistant & WLED
Energy Orb V2 is a clean, modern smart status display that turns your Home Assistant data into instant, at-a-glance visual feedback using addressable RGB LEDs and WLED.
Instead of opening dashboards or apps, Energy Orb V2 shows you what’s happening in your home physically and intuitively — using colour.
✨ What Is It?
Energy Orb V2 is a 3D-printed desktop or shelf-mounted light bar with four illuminated columns:
Each column is powered by individually addressable LEDs, allowing it to change colour based on any sensor, value, or automation in Home Assistant.
⚠️ Despite the names on the model, this design is completely generic — the columns can represent anything.
🧠 What Can It Show?
You can map Energy Orb V2 to any Home Assistant sensor or event, for example:
- Energy import / export
- Solar generation
- Battery state of charge
- Home power usage
- EV charging status
- Temperature thresholds
- Internet or server status
- Phone notifications
- Email alerts
- Alarm states
- Any numeric or binary sensor
If Home Assistant can see it — Energy Orb V2 can show it.
🎨 How It Works
- Powered by an ESP32 running WLED
- Uses WS2812B addressable LEDs
- LEDs are split into segments, one per column
- Home Assistant automations set each segment’s colour based on logic you define
- Fully customisable colours, thresholds, and behaviour
Example:
- Green = OK
- Amber = Warning
- Red = Alert
- Off = Neutral / idle
🖨️ 3D Printing Details
- Designed for easy printing
- No supports required
- Clean snap-fit assembly
- Separate diffusers for even light spread
- Venting included for airflow
- Modular internal layout for wiring and ESP32
Printed prototype shown using:
- Black PLA for the body
- White PLA for the diffusers
📦 What This Download Includes
- STL files for:
- Main enclosure
- Diffusers
- End caps / covers
- Beginner-friendly step-by-step setup guide
- Example Home Assistant YAML
- Example WLED segment layout
- Preset saving notes (important!)
⚠️ Electronics are not included — this is a printable enclosure + guide.
⚠️ Important Notes
- You must save WLED presets or segments may reset on reboot
- LED count must be set correctly (13 LEDs total)
- Segment mapping matters — incorrect mapping will cause colours to appear in the wrong column
- Instructions included to guide you step by step
👌 Perfect For
- Smart home enthusiasts
- Home Assistant users
- WLED beginners
- Desk or shelf status displays
- Makers wanting a practical electronics project
🚀 Why Energy Orb V2?
Because dashboards are great — but physical feedback is better.
Energy Orb V2 lets you see your home’s state from across the room, with no apps, no screens, and no distractions.
📘 Setup Instructions Included
A step-by-step setup guide is included with this download.
The attached document walks you through WLED setup, LED configuration, segment mapping, presets, and Home Assistant automations — written for complete beginners with no prior experience required.
DSL Design
