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Life & fun · September 30, 2025

Magic-markers – control a smart bulb with crayola markers

i made this for my niece for her 3rd birthday. it was inspired by this reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIE2O59Svcz/?igsh=MXNnbmJsZWR.... the main difference (i believe) is that this is entirely self-contained and does not require integrating with a smart home system. the bulb connects directly to a wifi network on the nanoc6, and the nanoc6 posts commands directly to the tasmota command endpoint on the smart bulb. this was a lot of fun to build :)

Magic-markers – control a smart bulb with crayola markers launched on September 30, 2025 with 12 votes, #896 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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Magic-markers is a system that lets users control a smart bulb by drawing with Crayola markers. Built for young children, it uses a Nano C6 microcontroller to create a self-contained setup where the smart bulb connects directly via WiFi without requiring integration with external smart home systems. The device interprets marker colors and sends commands directly to the bulb's Tasmota firmware to change its light output accordingly.

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control an led smart bulb using a set of crayola markers! - thejchap/magic-markers

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