Canvas

Pixel-paint straight onto the LEDs. Your drawing is saved.

Put it on your panel View source

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings0every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

ButtonsClearstudio buttons, or app_action over MCP

Sourcecanvas.pysrc/deskdot/apps/canvas.py

Settings

This app has no settings.

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview canvas --out canvas.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/canvas/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Canvas on my panel”. It calls show_app with "canvas". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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