InfoMatrix 🌈📟

InfoMatrix is a Wi-Fi-enabled LED matrix display built using the ESP8266. It allows you to display custom messages, colors, and temperatures through a web interface hosted directly on the microcontroller.

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🚀 Features

• 🌐 Control text, color, scroll speed, and display modes (scroll, loop, static) via a web browser
• 🌡️ Fetch current temperature from OpenWeatherMap and show it on the matrix
• 💾 Store city name and API key using SPIFFS for persistent configuration
• ⚙️ Easy Wi-Fi setup using WiFiManager
• 🧭 Local access using mDNS (e.g., http://infomatrix.local)

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🛠️ Built With

• ESP8266 NodeMCU
• Adafruit NeoMatrix
• HTML + CSS (served from ESP8266)
• OpenWeatherMap API
• SPIFFS for config storage
• WiFiManager for network setup
• mDNS for easy local discovery

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📸 Preview

Example:

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🔧 How to Use

1. 📦 Flash the Firmware

• Clone or download this repo
• Open in Arduino IDE or PlatformIO
• Install required libraries (see below)
• Flash to ESP8266

2. 📁 Prepare SPIFFS

• Update data/config.json with your city and API key (optional)
• Upload data/ to SPIFFS using the Arduino SPIFFS uploader

3. 🔌 Power & Connect

• On first boot, connect to the WiFiManager hotspot
• Choose your Wi-Fi network and connect

4. 🌐 Access the Interface

• Go to http://infomatrix.local (or the IP shown in Serial Monitor)
• Use the web UI to update message, color, speed, or fetch temperature

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