[Steve] from Hackshed did just this: he integrated an Arduino based webserver into a new network controllable RGB lamp. What makes this lamp unique is that the RGB LED bar comes from an old Epson ...

One more suggestion: if we use an Arduino PWM pin as the common anode pin, we can power on/off the display and change its brightness. If we put in the sockets four 7-segments LED common cathode LCD ...

Now, though, it shouldn’t be hard to control the RGB LED strips through an Arduino, a computer, or even an Android/iOS device with a small IR LED plugged into the headphone jack.