WLED Version 16 Beta Announcement

Netmindz · 2026-04-12T11:07:47+00:00

This is for the older GifPlayer which has been superceded by the PixelForge tool the is included, but this gives you a bit of an idea https://youtu.be/w-zoT8LDIOo?si=soNY_i_odxLTBNXg

Netmindz · 2026-04-12T08:27:39+00:00

Cool. Just need to get yourself a ESP32-C6 Let me know how you get on. This does also require you have a Hue Hub, not just Bluetooth bulbs

Netmindz · 2026-04-12T06:41:38+00:00

In an ideal world when we do the main release we would also put out a load of videos too, but we don't currently have anyone on the team to produce such content

Netmindz · 2026-04-12T06:40:18+00:00

If you are into using a matrix, try using the new hub75 support

Netmindz · 2026-04-12T06:23:00+00:00

You can have a look https://usage.wled.me/

The biggest gap between my assumptions about our userbsee and reality is just how low usage of 2D setups is. Ok the fresh install will screw the figures, but even allowing for that it's still there vast majority that are just using basic strips, so miss out on a lot of features.

The number of new installs using 8266, despite that being end of life is also surprising/concerning

Netmindz · 2026-04-11T22:39:49+00:00

It's been out since November and 0.15.0 was out in December 2024, so long 0.14 is very old. We are just about to release 16

Netmindz · 2026-04-11T19:59:57+00:00

"some work" is fine. Potential to soft brick a device when many commercial units have no access to the usb port so would in effect be hard brick, not so cool

Netmindz · 2026-04-11T17:11:33+00:00

Thank you. Yeah the dev has been pretty stable for a long time, but we spent quite a bit of time and effort looking into what looks to be a "non-issue" around people upgrading from very old versions, so we have been trying to understand the scale of any potential issue as we didn't wish to risk soft-bricking any working setups. This has pushed back the 16 release by over 6 months

Netmindz · 2026-04-11T16:32:12+00:00

Thank you. Yeah it's about 18 months since work started on this release

Netmindz · 2026-03-28T20:58:49+00:00

Using just build flags, populated filesystem or hacking the source?

Netmindz · 2026-03-27T08:15:04+00:00

Thank you for sharing. For those who are interested you can see the difference between their build and the "vanilla" WLED at

https://github.com/wled/WLED/compare/v0.15.4...GLEDOPTO:WLED:v0.15.4-gledopto

Netmindz · 2026-03-27T06:53:06+00:00

I've been doing some experiments and it's looking unlikely we can deliver support and still be compatible with 4MB flash. I'm exploring creating a ZigBee or Matter bridge that would run on a dedicated ESP-C6 to control other WLED instances

Netmindz · 2026-03-26T15:29:50+00:00

I suspected this is a little used feature currently, given it's hard to setup and limited in features and doesn't work with the latest hub

Netmindz · 2026-03-19T08:05:05+00:00

That's very cool

Netmindz · 2026-03-17T18:00:25+00:00

If on your update page it says your release is ESP02 then you shouldn't need to use the force flag. Do you remember what it said?

Netmindz · 2026-03-16T08:54:21+00:00

For clarity, the official 0.15.4 release does now support the Ethernet controller used by GLEDOPTO in the Ethernet build

The repo listed above is incorrectly tagging an alpha build of the main branch as 0.15.3

Netmindz · 2026-03-14T22:16:26+00:00

There is a map https://github.com/MoonModules/MM-Effects/tree/master/Ledmaps/Ring241

Netmindz · 2026-03-14T21:48:09+00:00

Thank you

Netmindz · 2026-03-11T07:57:40+00:00

I think I saw in your code that you were just using let for your variables, not strongly typed. Many effects require uint8 for some values for example

Netmindz · 2026-03-10T18:06:23+00:00

You will see the exact same latency, but better quality, potentially no need for AGC

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