# Is there a Pixelblaze Pattern Editor/Mapper sandbox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Patterns and Code\ **Tags:** mapping\ **Created:** [August 12, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105 "2023-08-12T14:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/u/cuddlefish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/1 "2023-08-12T14:42:06Z")
Hi all, I just ordered a PixelBlaze, and I am wondering if there is any online sandbox, where I can try out making patterns and seeing previews of my mappings before the device arrives. I’m leaving for the burn on the 23rd, and the controller isn’t scheduled to be delivered until the 19th, so I was hoping to have as much of my code as possible ready before it arrives, so that I can hit the ground running. Apologies if this has been answered; I did some searches and couldn’t find anything. ---
**Author:** ![ZacharyRD](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/zacharyrd/32/124_2.png) [@ZacharyRD](https://forum.electromage.com/u/ZacharyRD)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/2 "2023-08-12T17:19:49Z")
Without a PixelBlaze in hand, I don’t know how to do that / I haven’t seen an emulator, although one of the core team may. However, if you want a piece of pre-Burning Man playa magic, where are you based? If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, for example, and are willing to come to my place in Oakland, I’ll hand you a new PixelBlaze this weekend in exchange for you giving me one back when yours arrives… ---
**Author:** ![cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/u/cuddlefish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/3 "2023-08-12T17:47:31Z")
I appreciate the offer, but I’m based in San Diego. ---
**Author:** ![Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/u/Sunandmooncouture)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/4 "2023-08-13T15:10:10Z")
> [@PixelTeleporter - virtual LEDs on your computer](https://forum.electromage.com/t/pixelteleporter-virtual-leds-on-your-computer/531): > > PixelTeleporter is a set of tools that let you send LED output from your Pixelblaze to your computer screen. It lets you write, test and debug patterns for LED displays of almost any 2D or 3D layout without having the actual LEDs available. I’ve just updated PixelTeleporter to version 1.0.0. The major change is that it’s now an installable library for Processing. The new library format: cuts down the amount of boilerplate code needed in your sketches makes the examples available directl… ---
**Author:** ![spazzle](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/spazzle/32/2874_2.png) [@spazzle](https://forum.electromage.com/u/spazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/5 "2023-08-13T15:56:24Z")
Pixel teleporter still requires a Pixelblaze and a separate piece of hardware. It just means you don’t need the actual pixels to test. ---
**Author:** ![Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/u/Sunandmooncouture)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/6 "2023-08-13T16:43:11Z")
Yes, you’re right. My bad. I just searched emulator and didnt really read the post, sorry. I think what your asking for would be a large invesment to make and would mean giving away the secret sauce. Maybe some kind of mini trimmed down version would be beneficial for marketing a try before you buy option. ---
**Author:** ![Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sunandmooncouture](https://forum.electromage.com/u/Sunandmooncouture)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/7 "2023-08-13T17:03:03Z")
Hey which pixel blaze did you need? Standard or pico? I’m in LA and could overnight you but it would be expensive af to ship. I dont think i have any standard pixelblaze but i could check. ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/wizard/32/4_2.png) [@wizard](https://forum.electromage.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/8 "2023-08-13T17:14:42Z")
Hi @cuddlefish , I wouldn’t think shipping to San Diego (or anywhere in the USA) would take that long, unless shipped via UPS ground, which can take a week. Standard USPS mail is like 1-3 days usually. I think maybe the shops delivery estimation thing might be off. If you look at the tracking info for your order, there should be up to date delivery estimates. Also, I just want to say WOW, the community here is awesome and folks offering to help out another PB user in need is just really heartwarming. ---
**Author:** ![cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cuddlefish](https://forum.electromage.com/u/cuddlefish)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/9 "2023-08-13T20:11:03Z")
@wizard you are right, I was basing it off of the shop website estimate. I just noticed that I got the tracking info and it should be delivered tomorrow, so all good. Thanks for the offers everyone! I still feel like it would be a great idea to have an emulator, like @Sunandmooncouture suggested, for trialing and also not having to bring along a device if you want to develop while traveling, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![wizard](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/wizard/32/4_2.png) [@wizard](https://forum.electromage.com/u/wizard)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/10 "2023-08-14T01:36:57Z")
It’s on my roadmap! I think it would be cool to preview from the pattern library too! ---
**Author:** ![tarball](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/tarball/32/3561_2.png) [@tarball](https://forum.electromage.com/u/tarball)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/11 "2026-04-20T02:24:24Z")
Hey y’all, I created a pattern viewer 🙂 it works with 1d, 2d and 3d. You can feed it mappings from marimapper, or whatever you already have mapped on the pixelblaze itself and it will render live. It also supports sliders that each pattern exports. Hope some of you find this useful! > **[GitHub - tarballz/pixelblaze-pattern-emulator: A browser-based emulator for Pixelblaze patterns....](https://github.com/tarballz/pixelblaze-pattern-emulator)** > > A browser-based emulator for Pixelblaze patterns. Runs pattern JS against a user-supplied pixel map (2D or 3D) and renders the result live via Three.js. ---
**Author:** ![zimmea](https://forum.electromage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/f08c70/32.png) [@zimmea](https://forum.electromage.com/u/zimmea)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/12 "2026-05-12T17:03:53Z")
This is amazing! just used Claude to add a pane for the sensor board so I can test some sound effected patterns. Nice job dude! ---
**Author:** ![zzgomusic](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/zzgomusic/32/4075_2.png) [@zzgomusic](https://forum.electromage.com/u/zzgomusic)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/13 "2026-05-20T16:51:33Z")
While I’ve done a ton of LED projects using Teensy microcontrollers and custom visualization tools, I’m trying out PixelBlaze for the first time. I just tried your visualization tool and it’s great! Saves me a ton of work building my own tools, thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![captainCat](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/captaincat/32/4087_2.png) [@captainCat](https://forum.electromage.com/u/captainCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/14 "2026-06-13T22:53:32Z")
I have just finished building a new IDE for pixelblaze. It’s got a lot of nice features, some of which I haven’t seen elsewhere (build and save patterns and maps outside of the controller, tree-shaken code libraries, integration with the hardware via a Chrome extension and more). The [github repo is here](https://github.com/jon-whiteroomsoftware/PXLBLZ-IDE), and you can just [run it from this link](https://jon-whiteroomsoftware.github.io/PXLBLZ-IDE/). Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![G6eorge](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/g6eorge/32/4135_2.png) [@G6eorge](https://forum.electromage.com/u/G6eorge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/15 "2026-07-10T09:49:20Z")
This is absolutely incredible work! Hoping to have a proper play with it in the coming weeks. Well done captainCat I salute you! ---
**Author:** ![captainCat](https://forum.electromage.com/user_avatar/forum.electromage.com/captaincat/32/4087_2.png) [@captainCat](https://forum.electromage.com/u/captainCat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.electromage.com/t/is-there-a-pixelblaze-pattern-editor-mapper-sandbox/3105/16 "2026-07-10T13:57:48Z")
Thanks so much @G6eorge 😸 I’m currently building a version 2 and hope to launch it within 2 weeks. It will allow you to do some things with patterns that I have not seen done before… It also moves PXLBLZ to a real SQL backend, so that all your work will be stored more durably than the current browser-baser storage.