Summary of PIXELBLAZE IS AN ESP32 BASED PROGRAMMABLE LED CONTROLLER WITH HIGH COMPUTING POWER AND WEB-BASED LIVE EDITOR
Pixelblaze V3 by Hencke Technologies is a compact, Wi-Fi-enabled LED controller featuring the ESP32 processor. It offers a web-based live coding environment for creating and editing LED patterns easily, with access to over 100 community patterns. Available in Standard and Pico form factors, the Pico is the smallest LED controller measuring 11mm x 33.3mm, with the same processing power but fewer input options. Enhanced features include faster Wi-Fi, simpler setup, and improved documentation, making it suitable for advanced LED pattern development.
Parts used in the Pixelblaze V3:
- ESP32 processor
- Wi-Fi module
- LED driver circuitry
- Standard form factor PCB
- Pico form factor PCB (11 mm x 33.3 mm)
- Programming pads (GND, EN, 3.3v, RX0, TX0, IO0)
- Eight-pin expansion header (Standard form factor only)
- Analog and touch sensor input pins (Standard form factor only)
Pixelblaze V3 from Hencke Technologies is the newly introduced Wi-Fi-enabled, live-codable LED controller with a web-based development environment. This is the latest iteration of Pixelblaze with added features that allow users to quickly write new LED patterns with its web-based live editor and expression engine.
Pixelblaze V3, one user-friendly controller and pattern development engine, is designed to make it simpler to write LED patterns and give users an intuitive feel for how code and math impact those patterns. It comes with various patterns and is useable with over 100 community-created patterns.
The new form factor option and the added power of the ESP32 processor are what makes the new version of Pixelblaze stand apart from the crowd. When compared to ones already up on the market shelves,
Pixelblaze V3 new Pico form-factor is the smallest LED controller and measures 11 mm x 33.3 mm. The compact size, power as large as ESP32, adds to the features of the V3. Besides, it also incorporates several usability enhancements like faster Wi-Fi, easier setup, and improved documentation on new patterns that all together pave the way for more advanced patterns and features. Both the Standard and Pico form factors of Pixelblaze V3 support the same ESP32 processor and pattern rendering capabilities and have the same LED driving capabilities.
The Pico design of V3 supports the same processor and pattern rendering capabilities. Other than this, it has the same LED driving capabilities, but it doesn’t have analog and touch sensor input pins and the eight-pin expansion header. However, it features six programming pads that carry GND, EN, 3.3v, RX0, TX0, and IO0 for factory programming and can be hacked to support the sensor expansion board.
