WOW Pixel Mapping & Animation System
WOW Pixel Mapping & Animation System

WOW Pixel Mapping & Animation System

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$100.00 AUD

The WOW Pixel Mapping & Animation System

Complete technical write up on GitHub

This kit enables you to create you very own fully customised addressable pixel mapped systems. You don't need any external software aside from the Arduino IDE, your favourite spreadsheet app & the Espressif upload utility. 

  • Create dynamic real-time animations directly on the micro controller, no need for storing huge animation files or streaming video from other applications
  • Create ANY pixel layout you can imagine
  • The system is wireless, via ESPNOW, allowing you to have the control module in a separate unconnected location

This Kit comes with 2 x ESP8266 modules. One called the Driver and one called the Controller

The Driver

This is a fully built version of the ESP8266 Addressable LED Driver (that i sell in parts). It comes with a 1.5m USB cable with a power switch and a 4 Pin JST cable for driving most type of pixels. This module will store your pixel map (which you can create and upload as many times and as many different layouts as you like). It then drives whatever pixels and whatever layout you programmed it to. It receives commands from the Controller module(keep reading) and actions them to your LEDs

The Following Pins are broken out & Voltage Level Shifted to 5V to the output Pins:

 
 Pin at Top Pin Function Pin Label GPIO
5V +5V 5V
Clk SPI Clock SCK D5 14
Dat SPI MOSI D7 13
Gnd Gnd Gnd
D0 Generic Out D0 16
D1 Generic Out D1 5
D2 Generic Out D2 4
D3 Generic Out D3 0
D4 Generic Out D4 2
Non Voltage Shifted
D0 Generic IN D0 16

 The Driver only uses TOP LEFT section and has a JST cable soldered on. The other pins are not utilised at present. 

The Controller

This module is a naked Wemos D1 Mini (ESP8266) board. This is the module you will upload your animation code to. It talks to the Driver module via the ESPNOW protocol meaning it can be within 50 meters of the driver and still function perfectly

Upon purchase, the modules will be shipped to you via the postal method you choose. You will also get an email with A PRECOMPILED BINARY of the driver system. This is the actual workhorse of the system. Note that the purchase of this kit authorises you to use just this 1 kit. You can not use the binary on any other module as its locked to the physical ESP Chip ID (a unique identifier fuse burned into each ESP8266 module) and the MAC address of the device. This is a way for me to control the resale of this IP. 

 

Want to know more? Have any questions?

Get in touch with me on my instagram

https://www.instagram.com/wow_elec_tron/ 

or

shoot me an email leon@elec-tron.org

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