You can easily add Internet-based control for your Arduino if it is close enough to your server to be connected via USB. This tutorial will give the basics you need to get it working. The gist of this ...

Normally, when a project calls for addressable LEDs, we just throw a strip of WS2812s and an Arduino together, cobble together some code from the examples in the FastLED library, and call it a day. We ...

You've no doubt heard of Arduino by now, but there's no great shame if you don't know much more beyond that. And if you're curious, Bob from I Like to Make Stuff has a great, quick, just-the-basics ...