🔮 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:

• Grid
• Solar
• Battery %
• Home

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.