WLED Version 16 Beta Announcement
The WLED team is excited to announce this beta release of the forthcoming official release of the next major version.
Warning: this is a beta release!! WLED strongly recommends that you take a backup of your config and presets and do not install this beta unless you have easy access to reflash via USB.
Please wait for the main release of version 16 if you do not have easy access to reflash via USB.
This has been 16 months in the making and revived contributions from 59 contributors and marks a significant point in the development of WLED.
The team would like to take this opportunity to particularly recognise the contribution of @blazoncek. While he chose to leave the development team at the end of December, he was a very important part of the development cycle for this version.
Here are some of the highlights of 16.0:
True segment layering get creative with almost unlimited effect combinations (by @blazoncek)
Transition blending shift, push and many more (by @blazoncek)
Particle System with many new amazing effects (by @DedeHai)
GIF Support to display gif images on your strip or matrix (by @Aircoookie)
Pixelforge multi-tool to handle and create gifs, paint your leds and more (by @DedeHai)
Custom font support for scrolling text - including a custom font editor (by @DedeHai)
New palette editor and support for over 100 custom palettes (by @DedeHai)
New file editor with json and ledmap auto-formatting (by @DedeHai)
HUB75 support custom compile option (by @netmindz)
DMX input receive DMX data over serial (by @netmindz)
New color handling & gamma you may notice some color changes (by @blazoncek & @DedeHai)
Pin Info Page overview of all pins and their assigned function (by @DedeHai)
Add as many buttons as you want no more custom compile required (by @blazoncek)
Support more macro timers (by @benjamw)
Under the hood:
Update to new core platform
Boot-loop detection with auto-recovery (by @DedeHai & @willmmiles)
Many code optimizations to improve speed (by @DedeHai & @softhack007)
New usermod framework allowing easy inclusion and external builds (by @willmmiles)
Stability improvements (by @willmmiles)
Update AsyncWebServer and enable response queue (by @willmmiles)
WiFi access point selection fix so now WLED connects to the strongest signal not simply the first detected
Countless fixes and improvements
New Contributors
@1Prototype1 made their first contribution in #4210
@shafingazi made their first contribution in #4414
@ladyada made their first contribution in #4450
@inverse made their first contribution in #4424
@kilrah made their first contribution in #4234
@ryanaross made their first contribution in #4503
@5chubrakete made their first contribution in #4195
@mlichvar made their first contribution in #4511
@zuckschwerdt made their first contribution in #4518
@scourge411 made their first contribution in #4540
@yangminglong made their first contribution in #4485
@spiro-c made their first contribution in #4556
@DevJogger made their first contribution in #4577
@marcone made their first contribution in #4605
@mryndzionek made their first contribution in #4667
@Christanoid made their first contribution in #4499
@quake1508 made their first contribution in #4756
@jasonsomers made their first contribution in #4780
@danewhero made their first contribution in #4754
@MathijsG made their first contribution in #4968
@wled-compile made their first contribution in #4985
@Aogu181 made their first contribution in #5156
@BobLoeffler68 made their first contribution in #4891
@nename0 made their first contribution in #4916
@Merikei made their first contribution in #5229
@AlexeyMal made their first contribution in #5000
@nomis52 made their first contribution in #5273
@brettbear made their first contribution in #5262
@elanworld made their first contribution in #4456
@mtin made their first contribution in #5175
@gustebeast made their first contribution in #5317
@benjaminkraus made their first contribution in #5194
@flo269 made their first contribution in #5187
@GLEDOPTO made their first contribution in #5400
@JoaDick made their first contribution in #5268