Any way to use RGB LED Panel 16x32 with esphome?

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I have an old RGB panel from sparkfun that I used with arduino:

RGB LED Panel - 16x32

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I’m wondering if there is a way to reuse it with esphome. Anybody has any hints how can I make it work with it?

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Did you try using the Search box thats included with the esphome documentation?

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You’re going to need some sort of controller like a raspberry pi or esp32 connected to the panel for starters.

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I use a very similar panel with PixelIt (GitHub - pixelit-project/PixelIt: PixelIt is an ESP8266/ESP32 and WS2812B LED Matrix based PixelArt display). It’s the clock in the living room and I can push messages to it from HA via. NodeRed…

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I guess that’s why he posted on the esphome section.

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Although is not using esphome I’ll take a look as I want to control it somehow with an easier interface than with the arduino. Not necessarily esphome would also be fine.
Thanks!

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So did you try esphome?

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My preference for LED panels & matrices is the amazing WLED software – which also runs on ESP32/ESP8266: https://kno.wled.ge/

I have it running on individual LEDs, strips, and 8x32 matrices.

It happily talks to Home Assistant, and you can control it with direct HTTP calls from, e.g., shell scripts.