How to make Custom Pixel Art with NO CODE on Any LED Grid - GlowBit Matrix With WLED & ESP32/ESP8266

WLED is the greatest way to add IoT connectivity to fully addressable LEDs Grids like the GlowBit Matrix 8x8 or NeoPixels Squares. Filled to the brim with customisable light shows, purpose build for grids, it is truly one of the best open-source projects ever conceived ✨🔮 Absolutely No Coding Required! Plus I show how to display custom Pixel Art With a Single Click for ANY Size Matrix!
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To be clear, this guide will be all about controlling any Fully Addressable LED Grid or Matrix, in any size or shape, using any Espressif ESP32 or ESP8266 Development Board. These developer boards are the best way to get WiFi connectivity into any project. Your mobile phone or computer will then be able to tell the LED Nodes exactly what to do wirelessly. All through the local WIFI! This is all possible by WLED, one of the best open-source projects ever conceived.
Nothing beats bright shiny colourful lights and adding an extra dimension only makes them better. This guide demonstrates the fastest and most customizable way to have WS2812B grids of fully addressable LED Nodes come alive. Exactly how you want. Even better, because as we are using WLED, there will be absolutely No Code Required. GlowBit Matrix 8x8 are fully addressable LED grids literally purpose-built for this task, built in-house, Australian-made, and this guide will use them extensively.
Know that WLED will work even if you built a Square or Rectangle shape from any WS2812B Strips or Any Other Fully Addressable LED Nodes. This guide will also make it clear how to inject extra power into a LED Light system. That way you can feel confident in lightning more than 30 LED Nodes. This guide will demonstrate how to set up WLED on a Single Glowbit Matrix 8X8 (that is 64 unique LED nodes) and provide all the tools to take it to the next level with a 3X3 GlowBit Matrix 8x8 Grid (that is 9 GlowBit Matrix components put together, totaling 576 LED Nodes)! There are even tips to make your system portable and sound reactive (check full article for more). Long Live Pusheen!
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0:00 Intro
0:49 Guide Overview
2:05 What You Need
2:50 Hardware Build
4:10 Software Set Up
4:46 WLED Set Up for 2D Matrix
5:14 First Success!
4:25 Not Getting Light? Do This
4:46 First Success!
5:35 More LEDs More Better
6:04 *Brenton Soldered (Thank You Mate)
6:10 Completed Build
6:22 BIG Success!
6:39 Custom Pixel Art How To
6:47 Whoops I Must've Bumped It
7:07 First Set WLED to Solid Colour
7:27 Click on | pixartmin.html |
7:49 Completed Wizard Settings
8:30 Pixel Art Success!
8:49 Check Out That ART!
6:35 Creating a Custom Light Show
9:01 Make WLED Portable!
9:52 Outro
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[@hwerkstrom]

Cool vid. FYI PixelArtConverter fully integrated with WLED code and will be generally available in next release.

[@Core-Electronics]

Big News! I very very very much look forward to it 😊!

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

what screen recorder software do you use please obs is obcrap

[@Core-Electronics]

Elgato Game Capture in Makerverse. You can crank up the settings on OBS and the results are good though.

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

@@Core-Electronics thanks ill give it a lookie see. wouldn't know what to crank in OBS id probably break it

[@tyrush6224]

I’ve literally never seen this channel but somehow I was one of the first to find this video, youtube just knew this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. God bless you.

[@Core-Electronics]

Rock n Roll 😊!

[@MiVoodoo]

What a great channel. My son is now looking to making one, thanks for the inspiration. My son said he liked your cat pixel image.

[@Daily-Videos-]

You never cease to blow my mind 😍

[@Core-Electronics]

Your the best! ❤

[@chrisbbc09]

That sweater is FIRE, especially when you had the matrix match it 4:14

[@ledbekasi]

Simple explanation, so cool....👍

[@Arduino.bibassata]

Thanks your video is rich as all lasts

[@Razor_Burn]

Fully sick!!! 😍

[@Core-Electronics]

Cheers mate 😊! Hope your doing well.

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

Glad I made you aware of this and knew you'd make a video on it

[@Core-Electronics]

Is so good! Thanks for teaching me 😊

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

@@Core-Electronics did you really learn it from my video albeit without your production value (which is grand btw) im humbled

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

@@Core-Electronics ive been playing with another way to do what youve done in this video. essentially what you've but in a different way. If you Hollywood that one give me a mention LOL

[@Core-Electronics]

Updated the description ❤

[@Can_I_Have_A_Go]

@@Core-Electronics love you bro. Not love love lol.. More bruv love.

[@i-changeus]

Hi, great content, and really helpful to do this stuff! We are just getting into a WS2812. Small suggestion, it might help if you show the product, wiring and interface much more (than just seeing you talk) I think it's great to show yourself during the into, and end, etc, but for tech videos, it helps to see visuals that aid the discussion, even if they are not changing ever 2 seconds, because this is hard to learn all this!

[@daiduong3007]

thank you for sharing. I have a question: can I save that image on wled?

[@aktoyourface]

The David Attenborough of the led World

[@Ilumeplaycurtainlights]

Wow😮

[@nika1336]

Im a little confused about the battery powered system. Does it have 5V on the output pins? And how many LEDs can it power since they don't have a dedicated power supply?

[@joaooliveira8155]

Hi nice tutorial. Do you know a way to add animated gifs?

[@volkinaxe]

is there something like this for hub 75 led i have had no luck with programing them

[@wildfox1994]

8:25 I didin't tried it yet myself but i believe that You can also copy the generated text and paste in as new preset in WLED controller so You can store multiple the pixel arts inside the controller. Edit: Ok, I tried it but it looks like there's not enough memory per preset or something to remember all 256 pixels in it. But I found the go-around: I Created 2 presets: one with leds from 0 to 128, and second from 128 to 256. Then I created a playlist with short duration and transition times and with "repeat indefinitely" box unchecked. Now i can set certain pixelart by one click on certain preset playlist. Oh and you should use DEC as Color code format while generating the code, Hex for some reason didn't work for me. Edit2: Simple Pixel Arts can "fit" in only one preset, and by creating playlist of different frames we can also create a simple custom animations inside WLED controller.

[@zarakikenpachi1773]

It is possible to make it portable by setting a built in power system like a battery setup, and skip the power cables?

[@jakemccoy2887]

Can I connect 2 led panels together in different frames and have them as 2 separate segments in wled?

[@user-rn2fv2fo8b]

got any advice on how to make a scrolling led "sign" ? im thinking of using this to make a custom scrolling led sign for my car to put around it at a car show. i havent seen anyone do something like that and i think it'd get a lot of attention.

[@janclauder]

Is this also possible with a LED Matrix which is 8x10 pixels?

[@andrewowens5653]

Nice Coogi...

[@Core-Electronics]

Australian made! Like me 😊 Coogi down to the socks

[@taranagnew436]

can you do this with a nodeMCU and a 32x32 led matrix?

[@prashantaxn]

good

[@vipalsharma4120]

When disconnected 5volt and again given voltage all led plan no data how to save in esp board ?

[@spwim]

fantastic project, i built this one! about the artists: i defentiely recognize Grant Wood, Friedrich, Mondriaan and is it Rembrandt?

[@Core-Electronics]

Cultured and sophisticated 🍷. Also congrats on the build!

[@TheTechRandom]

Awesome explanation! I just finished building a massive LED wall on my channel and I keep getting comments suggesting WLED. My setup is four seperate matrices made with ws2812b strips, each controlled by its own esp8266. I'm going to try this out and see if it's a better solution than my scuffed web socket server.

[@Core-Electronics]

Get Amongst It! I love your most recent video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hprEhGuwm9p1ftE - The WLED Hypnotic Effect would go so hard on that 7 foot long LED Grid. If you need a hand with anything mate come pop me a message 😊❤ Tim

[@Mr.Hedonixt]

can i use custom shapes such as a triangle?? pls reply

[@fartovyi_exe]

Hello! Is there a converter for converting gif images?

[@ferusinfo]

As for 3x3 matrix grid, what power supply have you used? With 576 LEDs it must be something more serious.

[@Core-Electronics]

I utilised a Single 5V 4A supply which makes all the lights proper bright, link to the exact one I used here - core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/AM8911B

[@lanphanh]

Can this ESP8266 work with the regular RGB Led?

[@ianacoustic6685]

hello sir can i request?please create a tutorial about how to set time and date using the buttons please help me im a student thankyouu

[@janclauder]

Can I also upload a gif or just one image?

[@Guilevic]

(Just watched 2 mins but.. )Thats so cool!!!!! Trying to understand the English, I'm Brazilian.

[@Core-Electronics]

Awww sweeet! Thanks for your kindness! Hit up the Captions in the bottom right and translate me to Portuguese if that helps 😊

[@fabricioBarros]

Haha outro Br aprendendo aqui

[@yourguardianangel4714]

thats good mate can u plz show me where too get the pixel Art from because l dont have none?...........🤣😚

[@notsurt]

If you want to go from D1 Mini to battery powered you could just add the D1 Mini Battery Shield rather than switching to a whole other MCU board.

[@Core-Electronics]

Definitely a good idea, just chatting to our Purchase Man about adding that Shield to our store 😊

[@walterhynson2898]

If this works with adafruits "matrix portal" I will be one happy camper

[@LockedOutBy2FA]

I love pixel art displays but have no 3D printer (they're quite expensive when you only need it once or twice) 😞

[@Core-Electronics]

Sorry to hear that mate, you might be able to access a 3d printer other ways though. See if there is a makerspace or Fablab nearby, they usually have 3d printing services for cheap. Or even pop a post on your local Facebook group or something like, a lot of 3d printer nerds love helping people out! 😃 Best of luck!

[@KevinGroninga3D]

Is there a way to save an uploaded bit of Pixel Art as a preset? I've tried and can't get it to seem to save the current state of the segment. i also tried copying the API code from the HTML page and saving it into the preset and the JSON API code doesn't pass validation. Any advice?

[@julianodasoo5900]

Same for me

[@Leconcasseur]

hey you found anythings ?

[@ryanschmitt5053]

I am having this issue as well. I want to save a few images as presets to create a playlist. When I save a preset with the image loaded to it and go back to that preset the lights are all off

[@KevinGroninga3D]

@@ryanschmitt5053 in my case, my images were larger than could be held in the preset, so I had to do multiple presets, each with a portion of my image. Then created another preset tied the 4 or 5 of them together.

[@ryanschmitt5053]

@@KevinGroninga3D I finally figured it out. For me the solution was unchecking "use current state" from there the api window pops up and you can copy the clipboard of the pixel art converter page in to there.

[@caleydorrell]

Is there a way to add gifs to this?

[@Kencole19]

Am I the only who HATES when a video says link down below and the link isn’t there…??! 😡😡

[@Core-Electronics]

Check the full article for all the resources 😬😬

[@spwim]

@@Core-Electronics That's prerry elaborate clickbate :D

[@monocycle63]

Could you increase the attack of your Noise Gate Filter for next videos please ? Every time you pronounce a word it cuts the start of your word.

[@dkacor]

nice vid but its something bad with ur microphone or with my speakers lol.very often your voice is cutting at the end of words

[@roguestreak]

there's some extremely annoying audio processing happening, a noise gate or something, especially when combined with the choppy music at the start

[@KJW648]

I prefer to use bigger Flexible panels, last version was a 32x32 with 10 retro arcade full scrolling animations on one Arduino .... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2fahGOHfaibqdk

[@Core-Electronics]

Very elegant build! Thank you kindly for showing 😊 the code you have running on them has me curious. WLED will also work on those Flexible Panels, I'd love to see some of the grid patterns running on your set up.

[@PizzaCologne3]

we need animations

[@markpostlethwaite2340]

Why do you speak with so many long pauses?

[@ryodan3886]

The audio quality is shit

[@mbennett2663]

I love messing w matrices and haven't seen these boards before.. holy shit those are expensive as hell for such a little board! Amazon has larger 16x16 for the same price and dbl the LEDs brother just a heads up for anyone wanting more for ur money.