ESP32 S3 FluidBox

Real-time 3D particle fluid simulation for ESP32-S3 microcontrollers

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Description

Custom firmware for the Waveshare ESP32-S3 Touch AMOLED board that simulates 900 glowing particles sloshing inside a virtual glass box. The system uses onboard IMU data to respond to gravity and motion, featuring a high-performance C renderer and physics solver that maintains ~100 fps.

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Details

Why this is interesting: Highly impressive technical feat of a real-time fluid simulation on a microcontroller, reportedly written by Claude…
Attributed to: @johannestscharn
Built with: Opus 5 Opus 4.8 Opus 4.7 Opus 4.6 Opus 4.5
Tags: #esp32 #simulation #firmware #fluid-dynamics

Discovered: X
First posted: X · Aug 6, 2026
Listed: Added 41d ago
Build: Strong
Models: Strong