Sound reactive WLED wiring for 24v strips

Hardware
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I’m new to the WLED scene and having some trouble here. I followed this amazing guide from Chris Maher to install sound reactive WLED on my ESP32 board and hook up the mic, following exactly the steps that he describes. I’m using everything that he’s showing hardware wise, except the one big difference in my setup vs. what he shows in the video is that I have a 24v FCOB strip, for which I have a 24v power supply.

Now, I’m assuming that with that being the case, I should NOT be hooking up the power the way he’s showing, because 24v is definitely going to fry the board. However, I can’t figure out what I need to change in the wiring to accommodate for that. I believe I need to power the ESP32 separately with a 5v adapter as shown here, but this setup doesn’t use the mic so I’m unsure of what to unplug without taking away the sound reactive functionality. Any thoughts, please?

TIA!

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Strip gets 24V directly.

5V for ESP 32 comes from buck converter off 24V or plug in USB supply.

Connect 0V from 24 and 5V power supplies together .Never connect +V of seperate supplies together.

No changes to wiring of mic or anything, only Data line goes from ESP to strip.

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The easy way: Power the Esp32 with the micro USB port and power the LEDs with the 24v psu. Connect data and ground from Esp32 to the LEDs. With 24v FCOB you will very likely need a proper level shifter.

You may want to have a look at the basics to get a bit more understanding of the wiring. Getting Started - WLED Project