// community_projects

Community projects

Builds and firmware from the community: student projects, experiments, and other open-source software that runs on the Sheen's ESP32-S3. Flash them here in your browser, or upload your own .bin.

!! not hardware-verified
Nothing here is tested or endorsed by Retia the way the official projects are. Community images can misbehave or fail to boot, and you'll confirm an "untested" warning before every flash. An ESP32-S3 is hard to truly brick: hold BOOT while plugging in to recover, then reflash an official build.
// featured

Featured student build

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Newsheen RGBtastic
by sasquelch-digital · Meshtastic fork · pre-release v1.0.1

A Meshtastic fork that adds RGB light effects and remote control to the mesh: the 8 LEDs react to mesh activity, and you can drive them remotely from another node. Needs the optional LoRa radio (Wio-SX1262) fitted; attach a 915 MHz antenna before transmitting.

// community_flasher

Flash a community image

Pick a community image, or upload your own .bin. Every flash shows an untested confirmation first. Hosted images are pinned to a hash the flasher checks before writing.

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stuck? hold the BOOT button while you plug in USB, then release: that forces download mode. hit CONNECT again.
if an image misbehaves, recover and flash an official build.
community_flasher 
// community flasher idle: pick an image (or your own .bin), plug the Sheen in, hit CONNECT
// these images are UNTESTED and UNVERIFIED. read the banner above.
// other_firmware

Run other open-source firmware

The Sheen's brain is a standard ESP32-S3 (DevKitC-1, N16), so plenty of general-purpose ESP32 firmware runs on it. These aren't tuned for the Sheen out of the box: you'll usually set the LED pin to GPIO 16 (8 WS2812B), and the sensor header / radio pins yourself.

WLED (upstream)

The original project WLEDkitty is built on. Flash the stock release, then set the LED output to GPIO 16.

install.wled.me ↗
ESPHome

Wire the Sheen into Home Assistant as a light or sensor node with a YAML config.

web.esphome.io ↗
Tasmota (ESP32)

Lightweight smart-home firmware with a web UI and addressable-LED support.

tasmota install ↗
CircuitPython

Code the Sheen in Python. The Newsheen build is on the official list; upstream boards and libraries live at Adafruit.

circuitpython.org ↗
Matter smart light

Turn the Sheen into a Matter light and add it to Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa, or Home Assistant. There's a ready newsheen-matter-light build in the Newsheen release. Matter runs over Wi-Fi here: the ESP32-S3 has no Thread radio.

newsheen-matter-light ↗
// pinout for configuring these: LEDs GPIO 16 · button GPIO 17 · IR GPIO 4 · I²C 35/36 · I²S 37/38/39 · see Hardware
// contribute

Share your project

Made a firmware, a mod, a lesson, or a build guide for the Sheen? Send it in and we'll add it to the flasher. Open an issue or a pull request on the site repo with your .factory.bin (or a release link), a short description, and your name.

[ submit your build ] [ the site repo ↗ ]