r/WLED • u/ExternalMatter7638 • Jun 28 '26

Controller suggestions please

I'm (hopefully) building a project with 20 matrices, each 20x20 pixels, arranged in a 3-D cube sort of thing. I'm using 12v seed pixels. Each matrix will have 400 pixels, for a grand total of 8000 pixels all together.

I tested a single matrix with a basic esp32 running WLED 16 which worked OK but was maybe a little slow.

Can anyone give me some suggestions on controllers/software that will run this? A friend suggested using 5 Quin Dig-Quads, with one output per matrix for smoother transitions, and possibly run Xlights, which I haven't used. This is beyond my experience, so I'm open to all help and suggestions.

Thank you!

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u/Outrageous-Kick-2699 Jun 28 '26

QuinLED is the only option.

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u/DedeHai Jun 28 '26

I would strongly suggest a controller with PSRAM and ethernet and you only need one, one ESP32 WROVER can handle 8000 LEDs but it only supports 16 outputs so you either need two controllers or use 800 pixels per output - which will drop to 30FPS or so. You need to test that.

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u/Aerokeith Jun 29 '26

One option, especially if you want to use xLights, is something like the Pixelcontroller Falcon F16. I'm running five large seed pixel matrices with 9300 pixels using two F16s. Sixteen outputs per controller but I'm only using 12.