The PixelIt is an ESP8266/ESP32 and WS2812B-LED based PixelArt display, controlled and fed via a JSON API. Settings and small tests are possible via the web interface, also a node-red node (node-red-contrib-pixelit) for the JSON API is available.

If you want to get an impression of the WebUI, you can do that here in Demo WebUI 🚀

• 📝 Documentation
• 📄 Blog
• 💚 PixelIt Icon Gallery (in Demo WebUI)
• 💡 GitHub Discussions (Forum)
• 🔥 Telegram Channel
• 🔥Discord Channel

Thanks to these great people for supporting this project.

o0shojo0o	foorschtbar	miccgn	jekader	Metaln00b	pplucky
fmunozs	rozza-m	hermannbach	d4rkd3v1l	hamster65	rliegmann

• (foorschtbar) Fixes "MQTT message is to long" [#322]
• (o0shojo0o) Adjustments in the WebUI for the new API structure of the UserMap endpoint
• (o0shojo0o) Also now in the WebUI Improved check of new firmware through a real version comparison
• (o0shojo0o) Added config backup and restore to WebUI [#319]
• (o0shojo0o) Added Statistics to WebUI
• (jekader) Added large 8px non-bold clock font [#320]
• (foorschtbar) Made HomeAssistant service discovery configurable
• (foorschtbar) Added optional MQTT device topic (<Mastertopic>/<Hostname>/<commands>)

• (foorschtbar) Native support for Ulanzi TC001 Pixel Clock* 🎉
• (foorschtbar) Display zZz on the matrix when the device going to sleep
• (foorschtbar) Fixed issue with flickering icons, wenn device wake from sleep mode
• (Metaln00b) Improved new firmware check by doing real version compare (major, minor, patch and prerelease)
• (o0shojo0o) As of this version, it is possible to install via the new webflasher
• (jekader) Remove duplication from platformio.ini [#315]
• (foorschtbar) MQTT/Websocket message interval for sensors and matrix info are now minimum 10 seconds to reduce "noise" on the network
• (foorschtbar) Added support for SHT31 sensor
• (foorschtbar) Log error if MQTT or Websocket message is to long
• (jekader) Improve logging during pin assignment
• (foorschtbar) Added build section from PIO config to matrix info and telemetry data

• (foorschtbar) Added live preview (liveview) of the Matrix to WebUI
• (foorschtbar) Added uptime, size and last reset reason to WebUI
• (foorschtbar) Screens from test area are now displayed prioritized for 5 seconds
• (foorschtbar) Combine centerText with scrollText=auto [#96]
• (foorschtbar) Cleanup text drawing/scrolling code [Breaking change: Text position is now mandatory and will not be shiffed if there is an icon!]
• (foorschtbar) Prepearing support for different matrix sizes
• (o0shojo0o) Added native Pixel Creator to WebUI

• (miccgn) Fix Show weekdays
• (miccgn) Fix probing onewire can break previos i2c communication
• (rliegmann) Bring ESP32 support back
• (foorschtbar) Removed support for ESP32. There are incompatibilities with the WiFi Manager lib and the maintenance effort to fix this is currently too high (PRs are welcome!)
• (foorschtbar) Swaped DFPlayer Mini TX and RX pins - Description in frontend and source code now fit together. [Breaking change: No migration takes place! You need to swap the pins in your config!]
• (foorschtbar) Support for NodeMCU v2
• (d4rkd3v1l) any "clock" json parameters are now optional pixelit-project#222

• (o0shojo0o) fix WebUi

• (foorschtbar) added Play a sound file on boot of PixelIt 🔊

!!! Breaking changes !!!

• (pplucky) fix Home Assistant MQTT discovery for buttons more
• (foorschtbar) readded support for tiled 4x 8x8 CJMCU Matrix in column major order
• (o0shojo0o) added new icons to UserMap
• (fmunozs) added proper "folder" icon and swap names with "file"
• (o0shojo0o) increase the timout for the wifi connection to 30 seconds

• (o0shojo0o) added send Telemetry data
  • Send telemetry data is enabled by default, but can be disabled at any time in the WebUI under Options.
• (o0shojo0o) added UserMap to WebUI
• (foorschtbar) search and display of new FW versions
• (foorschtbar) new boot animation 👀

• (o0shojo0o) fix URLs in WebUi
• (o0shojo0o) added option to disable the weekdays on the clock over API / WebUi

!!! Breaking changes !!!

• (o0shojo0o) reworked the output of the buttons via API and MQTT to get the "press" and "release" event (press = true, release = false). Example: {"buttons":{"rightButton":true}}

• (foorschtbar) added support for new "MicroMatrix by foorschtbar" more | Repo 🎉
• (foorschtbar) fixed the Tiled 4x 8x8 CJMCU Matrix Type (its doesn't work before)
• (o0shojo0o) fixed option for non-flashing time separator over JSON (internal clock)

• (pplucky) MQTT Discovery enhancements
• (o0shojo0o) update WebUi disallow decimals on 'Auto brightness' settings
• (o0shojo0o) extended WebUi for 'Wifi Reset' and 'Factory Reset'
• (o0shojo0o) added 'Wifi Reset' and 'Factory Reset' function for WebAPI and Socket
• (o0shojo0o) fix hexColor for bar and bars
• (rozza-m) added fat clock font more
• (pplucky) Improve MQTT discovery

• (o0shojo0o) fix weekday is not lighting if week is starting with monday (internal clock)
• (o0shojo0o) extended WebUi for non-flashing time separator option
• (rozza-m) remove leading zero from hours when in 12h mode (internal clock)
• (rozza-m) provide option for non-flashing time separator (internal clock)

• (o0shojo0o) added option to change the start of the week (internal clock)
• (o0shojo0o) added option to change date format (internal clock)
• (hamster65) increase AM2320 sensor delay from 600 to 800ms

• (o0shojo0o) fixed wrong DST handling
• (hermannbach) added support for BMP280 (only tested on D1 mini.)
• (miccgn) memory optimization
• (miccgn) added MQTT discovery information in HomeAssistant style
• (miccgn) fix mqtt LWT
• (miccgn) increase interval between reconnect attempts
• (miccgn) added support for Max44009 lux sensor

• (miccgn) offer Zigzag animation and random animation for Clock Auto Fallback
• (miccgn) added button actions for MP3 control
• (miccgn) rearrange and fix WebUI
• (miccgn) added support for local hardware buttons
• (miccgn) added LDR smoothing
• (miccgn) added support for BH1750 light sensor
• (miccgn) added ZigZagWipe, bitmapWipe and randomization for wipes
• (miccgn) fixed MP3Player
• (miccgn) added possibility to set GL55xx type and resistor value in settings
• (miccgn) added selectable pins for MP3Player and Sensors (ESP8266 only)
• (miccgn) optimization of read BME680
• (miccgn) added multiple Bitmaps

• (o0shojo0o) added offset options for gas sensor
• (miccgn) added BME680 support

• (o0shojo0o) added delay for AM2320 sesnor
• (o0shojo0o) Pixel Gallery is now a part of the WebUi

• (o0shojo0o) added option for auto fallback animation
• (o0shojo0o) fixed auto brightness overrides sleep mode
• (o0shojo0o) fixed clock auto fallback overrides sleep mode

• (o0shojo0o) added option for DayLightSaving
• (o0shojo0o) added option for 12H / 24H

• (o0shojo0o) added new WebUi on vue base

• (o0shojo0o) fixed clock draw

• (o0shojo0o) fixed auto brightness, to high values

• (o0shojo0o) fixed bitmapAnimation -> rubberbanding

• (foorschtbar) added some UTF8 icons to font
• (foorschtbar) rewirtten UTF8 mapper function
• (o0shojo0o) added offset options for sensors
• (o0shojo0o) added Clock auto fallback function
• (o0shojo0o) added config for Clock auto fallback function

• (o0shojo0o) added API endpoint /api/brightness
• (o0shojo0o) added config for temperature (°C or °F)
• (foorschtbar) added support for BME280
• (foorschtbar) moved most libs to common section

• (o0shojo0o) extension of the API with the call setGpio
• (o0shojo0o) added download statistics to the update page

• (foorschtbar) improved MQTT reconnect
• (o0shojo0o) support decimal number input for UTC
• (o0shojo0o) bugfix for Firefox
• (foorschtbar) added a customizable hostname
• (o0shojo0o) add update notification to dashboard
• (o0shojo0o) add GitHub link to dashboard
• (o0shojo0o) fix links in dashboard
• (o0shojo0o) transferred the other stuff from cdn to repo
• (foorschtbar) tweaked dashboard a little bit
• (foorschtbar) added a note field
• (foorschtbar) allow a Hostname as MQTT Server (Broker)
• (o0shojo0o) add dashboard.css and pixel.js to repo
• (foorschtbar) switches now have the proper mouse pointer

• (o0shojo0o) add auto brightness options
• (o0shojo0o) add auto brightness

• (o0shojo0o) add hexColor to Clock, Text, Bar and Bars
• (o0shojo0o) fix wemos_d1_mini32 build
• (xarnze) show message on hotspot mode
• (xarnze) added support for 4x 8x8 CJMCU 64 Matrix (Type 3)
• (o0shojo0o) reactivate for esp8266 builds getSketchSize
• (o0shojo0o) set mqtt setBufferSize to 8000
• (o0shojo0o) add env for d1_mini
• (rliegmann) add some missing llibs
• (rliegmann) add some libs into .pio
• (rliegmann) Merge pull request #2 from rliegmann/feature/clockDefaultsToFS-
• (rliegmann) block out getSketchSize temporary
• (rliegmann) change some build options in pio
• (rliegmann) clock default settings, adjust MQTT buffer size, some typo
• (rliegmann) Merge pull request #1 from rliegmann/feature/cross-esp-platform
• (rliegmann) add ESP32 and ESP8266 libs
• (rliegmann) remove VisualStudio overhead + port to platformIO

• (o0shojo0o) change MQTT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE from 4000 to 8000
• (o0shojo0o) new versioning

• (o0shojo0o) Added support for DFPlayer Mini MP3 Player

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix of the JSON from the API response
• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix memory leak
• (o0shojo0o) Added special characters to font

• (o0shojo0o) Support for DHT22 added

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix of the JSON decoder logic (thanks to @pixelthis )

• (o0shojo0o) There was a change in the send interval (via MQTT and Websocket) of the light sensor and the MatrixInfo
  • The light sensor sends a maximum of once per second when the lux value changes.
  • The MatrixInfo transmits once every 3 seconds when a value is changed.
• (o0shojo0o) Now the protocol websocket on port 81 has been added.
• (o0shojo0o) And the biggest innovation is the webinterface which is now available on PixelIt.

• (o0shojo0o) Added Wifimanager configuration timeout (180 seconds)

• (o0shojo0o) Added option to disable the boot screen

• (o0shojo0o) Add more option to set Matrix Temp Correction

• (o0shojo0o) Add new option to set Matrix Temp Correction

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix animation handling

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix DSToffset

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix NTP TimeZone will now be interpreted correctly
• (o0shojo0o) Add new option to set NTP-Server

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix bitmap handling on scrolltext

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix Erroneous representation of full screen bitmap

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix bitmap flickering on scrolling text

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix, there were problems with the animations in combination with the fade transition effect, so they were not displayed correctly.

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix Clock Color: If red was set to 0, the color was always ignored.

• (o0shojo0o) add optional BitmapAnimation param: limitLoops

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix BitmapAnimation: First frame was displayed too short.

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfix BitmapAnimation: Animation was displayed a bit too late when a text was submitted with

• (o0shojo0o) add optional Internal Clock param: withSeconds
• (o0shojo0o) add config param: scrollTextDefaultDelay
• (o0shojo0o) add optional Text param: scrollTextDelay
• (o0shojo0o) add optional BitmapAnimation param: rubberbanding

• (o0shojo0o) replace umlauts
• (o0shojo0o) add support for "Pixel Bitmap Creator" Live Preview (beta)

• (o0shojo0o) Bugfixes MQTT was always enabled
• (o0shojo0o) add MQTT user & password
• (o0shojo0o) add "Text-Color" for internal Clock
• (o0shojo0o) add autoreboot after save config

• (o0shojo0o) add option to set Matrix Type at runtime (need reboot)

• (o0shojo0o) add MQTT Support
• (o0shojo0o) add animated 8x8 icons (max. 6 frames)

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