PixelMaestro is a graphics library for LED displays. It lets you create dynamic, colorful 2D animations and patterns on any size display. Originally designed for Arduinos, PixelMaestro can be used to drive any kind of LED on any device.
- True (24-bit) color depth
- Support for up to 256 independent, layered drawing surfaces
- Over 10 unique, customizable animations with support for different orientations, speeds, and color schemes
- Powerful raster graphics editing tools with support for still or animated images
- Intuitive scheduling system for creating time-based animations and transitions
- Lightweight communications protocol for controlling devices over USB, Bluetooth, or other serial channel
- Microcontroller friendly: Use with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and other devices
Click here for a tutorial on using PixelMaestro, or read the documentation.
If you want to run PixelMaestro on an Arduino, you can do so via the Arduino IDE or PlatformIO. For detailed instructions, see the examples folder.
PixelMaestro has a companion desktop application called PixelMaestro Studio. PixelMaestro Studio lets you build custom animations, save and share configurations, control devices over USB, and more. Click here to learn more about PixelMaestro Studio.
PixelMaestro uses the Catch framework to run tests. Compiling the test suite requires CMake 3.6.2 or higher.
- Navigate to the
testsfolder. - Run
cmake . - Navigate to the
binfolder and runPixelMaestro_Test.