Software for Your Open Hardware

A software emulation of the Z80-MBC2 homebrew computer running on the LILYGO FabGL VGA32, outputting to a real VGA monitor with PS/2 keyboard support and SD card storage.

A feature-rich UI for the LILYGO T5 E-Paper S3 Pro combining weather display, LoRa SX1262 radio, touch navigation, and MagSafe charging support on a 4.7" 16-gray e-paper screen.

A cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum 48K/128K emulator for ESP32 boards with VGA output, featuring full sound emulation, PS/2 keyboard and joystick support, and SD card file management.

Custom ESP-IDF applications for the LILYGO T-Glass V2 smart glasses, including a BLE-based iOS notification mirror (ANCS) and a remote image capture app, showcasing the wearable AMOLED prism display platform.

An LVGL-based application framework for the LILYGO T-Embed showcasing WiFi scanning, BLE device discovery, SD card browsing, RGB LED control, and deep sleep via rotary encoder.

A 1000 bps FSK software modem for the LILYGO T-TWR Rev 2.1, enabling digital data transmission over UHF with LDPC forward error correction and real-time ASCII waterfall display.

A Rust starter pack for the LILYGO T4 S3 featuring a display driver, touchscreen driver, and embedded-graphics examples including a real-time 3D model renderer on the 2.41" AMOLED display.

A complete LVGL-based smart camera platform for the LILYGO T-Camera Plus S3 with live camera preview on the 240×240 display, file management, audio recording/playback, and face detection via the OV2640 sensor.

Run the viral XiaoZhi AI voice chatbot on the LILYGO T-Circle S3's tiny 0.75" round display — featuring offline wake-word detection, streaming voice interaction with Qwen/DeepSeek LLMs, and MCP protocol for smart home control.

Open firmware that transforms LoRa boards into flexible encrypted radio interfaces for the Reticulum Network Stack — enabling unstoppable mesh networking over LoRa, WiFi, and packet radio.

A feature-packed ESP32 security multi-tool firmware with sub-GHz RF capture/replay, IR, NFC, WiFi attacks, BLE, and BadUSB — often called the open-source Flipper Zero alternative with 5,000+ GitHub stars.

Full-featured motion-triggered video recording firmware for the T-Camera S3 with AVI recording to SD card, MJPEG streaming, FTP upload, Telegram alerts, and ML-based object classification.

Official Prusa firmware for ESP32 camera boards that streams live video to Prusa Connect cloud for remote 3D print monitoring — backed by Prusa Research with support for multiple ESP32-S3 boards.

Digital first-person-view (FPV) video streaming firmware for ESP32 cameras optimized for minimum latency — turns the T-Camera S3 into a lightweight digital FPV transmitter for drones and RC vehicles.

An open-source MANET mesh radio toolkit using WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) for multi-kilometer range ad-hoc networking — the first open mesh networking project built specifically for sub-GHz WiFi radios.

The most popular community Matter library for Arduino — build Matter-compatible smart home lights, switches, and sensors on ESP32-C6/S3 that work natively with Apple Home, Google Home, and Alexa.

Open-source firmware replacing the proprietary SA868 radio module code on the T-TWR, enabling the M17 digital voice protocol — a modern, royalty-free digital voice standard for amateur radio.

Rust firmware for Makerfabs ESP32 DW3000 that creates a UWB mesh network of LED controllers with automatic discovery, decimeter-level ranging, and coordinated lighting effects.

Build guide for converting a passive Tozzi One speaker kit into a WiFi-enabled active speaker using the Louder ESP32 and Squeezelite firmware for Home Assistant whole-home audio.

Official firmware for the UkieLab WiFi Weather Station 7.5\" that turns the ESP32 + 7.5\" e-paper display into an AI-first canvas. AI agents discover the device via mDNS and send JSON drawing commands over HTTP to render dashboards, weather, art, and notifications.

AirPlay 2 audio receiver firmware for the Louder ESP32-S3, enabling wireless streaming from Apple devices with full TAS5805M amplifier control and hardware volume.

Full-featured audio streaming firmware for ESP32 boards supporting Spotify Connect, AirPlay, Bluetooth, and Logitech Media Server with synchronized multi-room playback.

Snapcast client firmware for ESP32 audio boards enabling perfectly synchronized multi-room audio playback with automatic server discovery and browser-based flashing.

Hackaday.io project documenting the Louder ESP32 and ESP32 Audio Boards v2 series by Sonocotta, with hardware design logs, firmware guides, and community discussion.