I have an old RGB panel from sparkfun that I used with arduino:
RGB LED Panel - 16x32
COM-12583
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?
I have an old RGB panel from sparkfun that I used with arduino:
COM-12583
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?
Did you try using the Search box thats included with the esphome documentation?
You’re going to need some sort of controller like a raspberry pi or esp32 connected to the panel for starters.
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…
I guess that’s why he posted on the esphome section.
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!
So did you try esphome?
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.