// every esp32 maker eventually wants something more than "hello world" on their oled. but the examples online are scattered across forums, half of them don't compile, and almost none of them actually animate. you end up rewriting the same byte arrays from scratch every time you start a new project.

// pixbyte started as my own scratchpad — a place to keep the animation snippets i kept rewriting for my robotics workshops. when students asked "how do you put that face on the screen?", the honest answer was "copy this, change three things, hope it compiles." that wasn't good enough.

// a robot with blinking eyes feels alive. a project with a loading spinner feels finished. those small details are what turn "electronics homework" into something a kid actually wants to show their parents. and every animation here is open source — mit licensed — because makers in india shouldn't have to wait for a paid sdk to make their robot smile.

// the long-term plan is bigger than oleds. neopixel patterns, buzzer melodies, sensor visualizations — anything an esp32 can do that needs a copy-pasteable starting point. if you've ever lost a saturday googling "arduino oled animation example" and given up halfway, this is for you.

// placeholder paragraph — pixbyte is free for schools, workshops and after-school programs. we can also do guest sessions and curriculum support for esp32 / robotics clubs.

// pixbyte is open source · MIT · pull requests welcome