# 1400 leds
**URL:** https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652 "2022-12-07T19:11:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/1 "2022-12-07T19:11:35Z")
hi has anyone tried powering 1400leds on a esp32 board? how did you do it struggling to get mine to work have two 60a power supply’s to use
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### Author:  [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/2 "2022-12-07T20:51:24Z")
There are two different issues.
Data -
You could possibly run 1400 LEDs on 1 GPIO, but performance of effects will likely suffer.
Better to split your data line onto 2 or 3 GPIOS.
You may need to look at Long Data Line techniques depending on your layout.
Power -
Depending on the finished size of your layout, you’ll likely need multiple injection points.
What does your envisioned setup look like?
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/3 "2022-12-07T21:33:54Z")
thanks for getting back to me what are the GPIOS? not actually sure what they are? what i’m looking on doing is running the leds all around the top of a room
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/4 "2022-12-07T21:42:50Z")
soo there is a 24m strip as the walls go 5m then7m then5m then 7
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### Author:  [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/5 "2022-12-07T22:03:02Z")
A GPIO is the data pin on an ESP.
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/6 "2022-12-07T22:11:33Z")
so how do i go about adding more to the led strip thanks
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### Author:  [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/7 "2022-12-07T22:47:44Z")
What is your question?
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/8 "2022-12-08T13:14:00Z")
how do i add more gpios to the leds strip
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### Author:  [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/9 "2022-12-08T15:10:55Z")
Still lost. Are you talking about connecting the LEDs together?
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/10 "2022-12-08T16:44:02Z")
no i was told to add more gpios to the leds so is that just the case of having more than 1 esp32 board?
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### Author:  [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/11 "2022-12-08T17:36:51Z")
ESP32 boards typically have 5-16 GPIOs available for use as outputs.
You just pick 1 or more and configure them in WLED.
What ESP32 board are you using?
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/12 "2022-12-08T18:20:29Z")
so how do i configuer them with wled? and then how do you connect to the led? and this is tho board i have thanks
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/13 "2022-12-08T18:21:38Z")
so at the moment i have the d2 pin going to the data tab on the led strip
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### Author:  [@divsys](https://wled.discourse.group/u/divsys)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/14 "2022-12-08T19:52:51Z")
If you want to connect to a 2nd GPIO, run a wire from say D5 to the Data in point on one of your other strips.
All the power connections stay the same, you just have a new data line to that strip (the old Din connection from Dout of the previous strip is disconnected).
In WLED, go to Config-\>LED Preferences-\>Hardware Setup and click on the “+” icon to add a new strip.
Enter the GPIO # you want to use (5 in this case) and enter the number of LEDs in the strip attached to GPIO #5.
Change the total # of LEDs in your original strip on GPIO #2 down to what the shortened strip has.
Your total # of LEDs will be the same as original (GPIO2 + GPIO5) and you can refer to the whole strip as one long piece in your effects and presets.
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/15 "2022-12-11T11:09:36Z")
thanks so am i right in saying that you just cut the data line on the strip say at 5m thenconect the new d5 pin out and keep thee ground and possative connected
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### Author:  [@jamie1745221](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jamie1745221)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/1400-leds/6652/16 "2022-12-12T08:46:33Z")
thanks for your help just managed to get them all going with a second data line run at about 13m in and power injections every 7m works fine