# Pre installed controller: Athom or ABC! WLED Controller for 12V strip?

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [May 17, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320 "2023-05-17T16:21:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![wleduser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wleduser2](https://wled.discourse.group/u/wleduser2)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320/1 "2023-05-17T16:21:35Z")

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Which controller with pre-installed WLED would you recommend for 12V strips?

[Athom](https://www.athom.tech/wled) or [ABC!](https://shop.myhome-control.de/en/Electronics/) or something else?

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320/2 "2023-05-17T20:37:03Z")

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Out of those 2 brands, if it were me I would pick this one: [ABC! WLED Basis-Board für 5V und 12V LED (universell, V63) | HW10008](https://shop.myhome-control.de/en/ABC-WLED-Basis-Board-fuer-5V-und-12V-LED-universell-V63/HW10008) and buy a D1 mini Esp8266 (or mini 32), flash WLED on it and stick it on there. Reason: You would have the micro USB port so that if something gets funky it’s easy to reinstall/update WLED.

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**Author:** ![wleduser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@wleduser2](https://wled.discourse.group/u/wleduser2)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320/3 "2023-05-17T20:42:41Z")

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Thanks.

Is there any other controller you would recommend?

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://wled.discourse.group/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/pre-installed-controller-athom-or-abc-wled-controller-for-12v-strip/8320/4 "2023-05-18T00:32:42Z")

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Serg’s boards and any of Quindor’s

> **[GitHub - srg74/WLED-wemos-shield: Wemos D1 Mini (ESP8266) or Wemos ESP32 D1...](https://github.com/srg74/WLED-wemos-shield)**
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> Wemos D1 Mini (ESP8266) or Wemos ESP32 D1 Mini (ESP32) based universal shield for WLED firmware - GitHub - srg74/WLED-wemos-shield: Wemos D1 Mini (ESP8266) or Wemos ESP32 D1 Mini (ESP32) based univ...

> **[Pre-Assembled boards - quinled.info](https://quinled.info/pre-assembled-boards/)**
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> Because of popular demand, for people who don’t want to wait for all the individual components to arrive or can’t/don’t want to do the soldering themselves I have pre-assembled versions of some of my boards! Also, starting in 2021 some pre-assembled...