WS2812LED Smart LED Matrix

1. Description

In this projects , I use a 16X16 LED matrix to find more possibilities on WS2812 LED.

Not only added WIFI , but also can display Text and Sprite based on my previous projects.

2. Preparations

2.1 Libraries:

You must install FastLED and three more libraries that I written in my github pages.

About how to use my custom libraries , you should check it out at my github pages.

• FastLED
• LEDMatrix
• LEDText
• LEDSprtie

2.2 Components:

• 16X16 WS2812LED Matrix or Other size
• 5V3A Power Adapter
• ESP32 DEV Board
• DS3231 module
• 4 Buttons

3. Set Up

3.1 Wiring your compoments:

You can solder you compoments like below schematic , or you can manufacture a custom PCB board using my Gerber files in PCB folder.

3.2 Upload Code:

Use arduino IDE and select ESP32 board to upload SmartLED to your board in Arduino Folder.

4. Control Your Matrix

4.1 Modes Built In:

There are 7 modes built in , including a welcome message when bootingup.

• Bootingup Welcome Message
• Display Time
• Bouncing Ball
• Halo1
• Halo2
• Sprite Which are Mario and Minecraft Items
• Snake Game
• Draw Mode

4.2 Control With Buttons:

You can use four buttons to control your LED matrix , buttons' functons are below:

Button	Function
Button1	Turn ON/OFF LED Matrix
Button2	Auto Display ON/OFF
Button3	Previous Mode
Button4	Next Mode

4.3 Control With UI:

In order to more easily control LED Matrix and use WIFI , I designed a UI to control Matrix written in porceesing language which in Processing folder.

With UI , We can also activate Snake Game and Draw Mode that buttons are not easily to do.

Before you run processing code , make sure that you have connectted ESP32's Network which is LED Matrix and the password is 123456789 by default.

5. Videos

Mario.mp4

Halo.mp4