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Adds two 64x64 device types — raspberrypi_square and matrixportal_s3_square — and makes the render size come from the device instead of being hardcoded.

Rendering was fixed at 64, 32 with Supports2x() doubling both axes for the wide panels. That covers 64x32 and 128x64, but a square panel is not a scale of either, so it could not be expressed at all. DeviceType now answers two questions:

  • CanvasSize() — the logical canvas an app is rendered into (what canvas.size() reports)
  • DisplaySize() — the physical panel, i.e. the canvas with 2x applied where the type uses it

Pixlet already accepts arbitrary dimensions (canvas.Metadata{Width, Height, Is2x} flows straight to encode.ScreensFromRoots), so the renderer needed no changes — only passing the device's size through the five call sites that assumed 64x32: the app render, both schema paths, the schema handler, and the no-apps setup image.

DeviceType persists and serialises as its slug string (Value/MarshalJSON), so the new enum value needs no migration.

Two things this turned up

The setup image assumed a landscape panel. It laid the QR and the address out in a Row with the QR sized to the panel height, so on a 64x64 the QR took the full width and the address was left 64 - 64 - 2 = -2 px — it silently vanished. It now stacks them on any panel that is not wider than it is tall. A side effect is that a square panel gets a noticeably larger QR than a 64x32 can fit:

64x32 128x64 64x64
QR beside the address (unchanged) QR beside the address (unchanged) QR above the address

Previews were pinned to 2:1 in the web UI. theme.js only distinguished 2x by naturalWidth === 128, so a 64x64 image fell into the default aspect-ratio: 2 / 1 and was squashed. It now also recognises a square image and tags the container, with a matching dot mask; TV mode takes its aspect ratio from the device type via a small panelAspect template helper.

Verification

Ran a local server with four devices — raspberrypi, raspberrypi_wide, raspberrypi_square, matrixportal_s3_square — sharing one installed app:

  • /next serves 64x32, 128x64, 64x64 and 64x64 respectively, and the on-disk renders in data/webp/<device>/ match.
  • The no-apps setup QR renders at each panel's size, with the address readable on all three.
  • Manager previews measure 92x92 for the square device (was 92x46 squashed) and are unchanged at 92x46 for the other two; the dot mask tracks the image.
  • TV mode emits aspect-ratio: 64 / 64 for the square device and 128 / 64 for the wide one.

go vet, go test ./..., golangci-lint run and djlint --profile=golang --check are all clean. New tests cover CanvasSize/DisplaySize, the slug round trip, and both setup-image layouts — the square-panel layout test fails if the stacking condition is reverted.

MatrixPortal S3 (second commit)

The Adafruit MatrixPortal S3 drives the E address line from GPIO 21, so a 64x64 panel needs firmware built for 64 rows plus the board's Address E solder jumper closed (centre pad to 8, per Adafruit's pinout guide). That target is tronbyt/firmware-esp32#157, which adds matrixportal-s3-square; this maps the device type onto its two release assets. This device type is only useful once a firmware release carries them, so it may be worth landing that PR first.

Unlike the wide and waveshare variants, the square type points at its own merged image rather than reusing the base one, so an initial full flash lands 64x64 firmware instead of 64x32. The firmware CI produces both assets (verified on a run of that PR's branch).

That raised a case worth fixing on its own: a release only carries binaries for the device types that existed when it was built, so any device type newer than a server's cached release has nothing to flash. That already answered with a 500 quoting an absolute server path. It now answers 404 with what to do about it, and the detail goes to the log:

404  No MatrixPortal S3 Square firmware in this release.
     Pick another version, or refresh the firmware binaries from the Admin page.

There is also a new test asserting every device type that claims SupportsFirmware() names a binary — the invariant that makes adding a device type safe. (Merged images are deliberately not required: Pixoticker is OTA-only.)

Note for app authors

Existing apps render correctly on a square panel but are drawn for 2:1, so most will sit in the top or middle band with the rest black. Nothing distorts or crashes, and canvas.size() / canvas.is2x() let apps adapt. This PR makes the panel work; making apps use the extra height is a separate, per-app job.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added support for Raspberry Pi Square and MatrixPortal S3 Square 64×64 panels.
    • Added square-panel selection, translations, dedicated firmware, and a Disable Touch Button setting.
    • Grouped device choices by panel dimensions for easier selection.
  • Improvements
    • Panel previews, rendering, configuration, and setup images now use device-specific dimensions.
    • Setup instructions adapt QR codes and addresses to horizontal or stacked layouts.
    • Display updates now respond to color-filter changes.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Missing firmware now produces a clearer not-found response instead of a generic server error.

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The PR adds square Raspberry Pi and MatrixPortal S3 device types with 64×64 dimensions. Server rendering, setup images, firmware handling, device selection, and browser previews now use device-specific geometry. Time-based mode filters can trigger re-rendering.

Square panel support

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Device type and dimension contracts
internal/data/models.go, internal/data/models_test.go, README.md, web/i18n/*
The device model defines square device types, dimensions, identifiers, firmware metadata, display names, touch configuration, and time-based mode checks. Tests, documentation, and translations cover the new types.
Panel-size device selection
internal/server/helpers.go, internal/server/helpers_test.go, web/templates/manager/create.html, web/templates/manager/update.html
Device choices are grouped by display dimensions. Create and update forms render grouped options. Tests verify complete and unique device coverage.
Dimension-aware server rendering
internal/server/handlers_app.go, internal/server/render_utils.go, internal/server/rotation.go, internal/server/setup_image.go, internal/server/setup_image_test.go
Server paths use device canvas or display dimensions. Setup images use horizontal layouts for wide panels and stacked layouts for square panels.
Time-based mode filter rendering
internal/server/render_utils.go
Effective filters are evaluated at specific times. Active night and dim filters take precedence, and filter changes force a render.
Browser preview geometry
internal/server/funcmap.go, internal/server/funcmap_test.go, web/templates/manager/device_tv.html, web/static/js/theme.js, web/static/css/style.css
Templates emit dynamic aspect ratios. Client-side image handling adds square classification. CSS renders square previews with a 1:1 aspect ratio and mask.
Firmware handling
internal/firmware/firmware.go, internal/server/firmware.go
Square MatrixPortal firmware mappings are added. Missing firmware binaries now return a 404. Read errors preserve filesystem error identity.

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  participant DeviceType
  participant Server
  participant Renderer
  participant WebPreview
  DeviceType->>Server: Return CanvasSize() and DisplaySize()
  Server->>Renderer: Render using device dimensions
  Server->>WebPreview: Emit device-specific aspect ratio
  WebPreview->>WebPreview: Apply square image geometry
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@nsluke nsluke changed the title feat: support square 64x64 panels feat: support square 64x64 panels (Raspberry Pi and MatrixPortal S3) Aug 31, 2026
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I'll wait until we merge the firmware before merging this.

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On my test I noticed the individual app previews are still old dimensions and the images are clipped.
Screenshot 2026-08-31 at 6 51 47 PM

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nsluke and others added 4 commits September 2, 2026 09:46
Adds a `raspberrypi_square` device type for the 64x64 LED matrices, and
makes the canvas size come from the device rather than being hardcoded.

Rendering was fixed at 64x32 with a `Supports2x()` flag doubling both
axes for the wide panels, so a square panel could not be expressed at
all. `DeviceType` now answers two questions instead: `CanvasSize()` for
the canvas an app is rendered into, and `DisplaySize()` for the physical
panel. Pixlet already accepted arbitrary dimensions, so no renderer
changes were needed — only passing the device's size through the five
places that assumed 64x32 (app render, both schema paths, the schema
handler, and the no-apps setup image).

The setup image needed a real fix rather than a new size: it laid the QR
and the address out in a row with the QR sized to the panel height, so
on a square panel the QR took the full width and the address was left
none. It now stacks them on any panel that is not wider than it is tall,
which also lets a square panel carry a noticeably larger QR than a 64x32
can.

On the web side the preview `<img>` elements were pinned to a 2:1 aspect
ratio, which squashed a square panel's image. The 2x detection in
theme.js now also recognises a square image and tags the container, and
TV mode takes its aspect ratio from the device type.

`DeviceType` persists and serialises as its slug string, so the new
value needs no migration.

Verified against a local server with three devices (raspberrypi,
raspberrypi_wide, raspberrypi_square) sharing one app: /next serves
64x32, 128x64 and 64x64 respectively, the setup QR renders at each
panel's size, and the manager and TV previews keep each panel's shape.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
AGENTS.md asks for `assert` and `require` in unit tests; the tests added
in the previous commit used bare t.Fatal/t.Error. Also drops a shadow of
the imported `data` package in the panel-size test.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a `matrixportal_s3_square` device type, rendering at 64x64 like the
square Pi type.

The Adafruit MatrixPortal S3 already wires the E address line (GPIO 21),
so a 64x64 panel needs no change to the board itself, only firmware built
for 64 rows. That target is tronbyt/firmware-esp32#157, which adds
`matrixportal-s3-square`; this maps the device type onto its two release
assets. Unlike the wide and waveshare variants, the square type points at
its own merged image rather than reusing the base one, so an initial full
flash lands 64x64 firmware instead of 64x32.

Until that firmware release exists, generating firmware for the new type
finds no binary. That case was already reachable — a release only carries
binaries for the device types that existed when it was built, so any
device type newer than a server's cached release hits it — and it
answered with a 500 quoting an absolute server path. It now answers 404
with what to do about it, and the detail goes to the log instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The picker was a flat list, which was fine while every device drove a 64x32
panel and the choice only affected a label. It no longer is: with 128x64 and
64x64 types in the same list, the choice decides what canvas apps render
into, and nothing in the list said so.

Device types are now grouped into <optgroup>s by the panel they drive -
64x32, then 128x64, then 64x64 - so the sections are ordered the way someone
would reach for them rather than by pixel count, which would put 64x64 in
the middle. The group label is generated from DisplaySize(), so it cannot
drift from the size a type actually reports and needs no translation.

Types whose size is not in the ordered list are appended rather than
dropped, and empty groups are omitted. "Other" groups under 64x32 because
that is what the server renders for it.

The list feeding this is hand-maintained, so a device type added later can
silently never appear in the picker. A test now asserts every known type is
offered exactly once and sits under the size it actually drives.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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nsluke force-pushed the feat/square-64x64-panels branch from b925479 to dc203bf Compare September 2, 2026 13:47
Mirrors supports2x, which is how this project already lets an app say it
renders differently on a wider panel. A square panel is a different shape
rather than a bigger one, so it needs its own assertion: supports64x64 in
manifest.yaml, a @64x64 preview file beside the app, and a badge in the
catalogue next to the 2x one.

One deliberate difference from supports2x. The 2x path ALSO sets the
capability from the mere presence of a <base>@2x file, which over the
current apps corpus marks 53 apps as 2x-capable on the evidence of a
committed screenshot alone, and 10 more declare the key with no such file.
A screenshot proves a preview exists, not that anyone looked at the app on
that panel - so supports64x64 is read only from the manifest, and the
@64x64 file only supplies a preview.

The thumbnail endpoint takes ?square=1 and prefers the square preview when
one exists, falling back to 2x and then the plain preview, so callers that
know the device shape get the right image and everyone else is unaffected.

Also fixes square previews being clipped in the web UI. .app-img carries
aspect-ratio 2/1 with overflow:hidden, so styling only the <img> left a
square render overflowing a 2:1 box and cut off. The container now takes
the aspect too, in the catalogue, the device page and the fixed 256x128
installed-app slots. Verified in a browser against a live server: square
previews now measure 130x130 and 240x240 against their 64x64 source, while
64x32 and 128x64 devices are unchanged at 240x121 and 258x130.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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is this ready for merge now ?

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