To achieve this he created Fade, a custom programming language/framework for controlling LED animations from the ESP32. Fade is written for addressable RGB LEDs like the Neopixel/WS2812.

The display is driven by an ESP32 DMA RGB LED matrix shield utilizing a HUB75 RGB LED matrix library, all being powered from a 5 V 4 A power supply.

I set up some other devices too to get comfortable with YAML and ESP32 deployment, and I loved the capabilities it had unlocked for my smart home. In my research, I came across the ESP32 "Cheap Yellow ...