Flashing the ESP8266 or ESP32 is not that easy if you have not had much contact with microcontrollers before.
Now, there is something very cool that makes this process super easy. The people behind ESPhome have developed a web flasher that allows you to flash ESP microcontrollers directly from a Google Chrome browser. Without installation and configuration effort. What's even cooler is that they make the tool available for free, so others can use it too.
You can now flash the pxlBlck firmware directly from the Google Chrome browser without much effort.
For those who want to get started right away: click on the following button and try it out!
For those who want more details, I have prepared a step-by-step illustrated guide in the Flash firmware section.















Requirements
So that you can program your pxlBlck, you should of course have already prepared the hardware accordingly. There are basically several ways to do this. You can find a few examples in the following section. You can find a complete list of all possible platforms under the following keyword
Flash firmware step by step
In order for flashing to work, you should already have connected your ESP to the computer.

Before the flash process starts, you can still choose whether you want to delete all the contents of the ESP before the flash process starts.
Click to continue on
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Many thanks to the ESPHome team for this really handy tool! You can find more information about this under the following link.
pxlBlck Usecases
Under the "pxlBlckUsecase" tag, articles are listed in which you can find examples of use. It also explains how you can configure your pxlBlck accordingly.
Animations, icons and commands
You can find more information on the display of animations, icons and the possible commands with which you can configure your pxlBlck in the following articles.
- pxlBlck - Configure and display animations
- pxlBlck – Design icons, transfer them to the pxlBlck and display them
- pxlBlck – Commands to configure the pxlBlck
Have fun with the project
I hope everything worked as described for you. If not or you have questions or suggestions please let me know in the comments. I will then add this to the article if necessary.
Ideas for new projects are also always welcome 🙂 .
P.S. Many of these projects - especially the hardware projects - cost a lot of time and money. Of course I do it because I enjoy it, but if you think it's cool that I share the info about it with you, I'd appreciate a small donation to the coffee fund 🙂 .