[Robert] wanted more out of his GE Color Effects G-35 LED Christmas lights. He reverse engineered and then hacked the protocol the lights use to communicate so that he can control each bulb.
The GE LEDs match the color (other than the purple), and the Pro Christmas LED bulbs shine brighter than the others. Doug Mahoney / NYT Wirecutter The Pro Christmas T5 lights have rich colors ...
This fully-addressable RGB LED matrix was built by [John Graham-Cummings]. He didn’t start from scratch, but wisely repurposed a strand of GE Color Effect lights and built a pleasant looking ...