Quick Summary
• p3a is a Wi-Fi pixel art player built on the ESP32-P4. It is a 4-inch smart art frame that plays animated artworks ("gifs") directly from the internet or from local SD card. It is a playful decorative item and a fun desktop companion.
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Additional Context
p3a is a fun desktop companion. It is a 4-inch little screen that you set up once, and it keeps going on its own, playing animated artworks (“gifs”) and periodically obtaining new ones from the internet. It connects to Giphy.com and to Makapix.Club (an open-source pixel art social network), or you can copy your own offline files.
Is a party coming tonight? Set your p3a to play “party” gifs. Must work for hours? Switch to “work” gifs. You can configure different play settings (“playsets”) to fit different moments. As a bonus feature, you can also use the device as a very special 4-inch monitor for PICO-8 games.
Photography by Fabrício Kury
Under the hood, p3a is a sophisticated animated art player that leverages the powerful ESP32-P4, which is the most capable variant of ESP32 as of toda