So I got this neat customizable LED badge, and the software to change it allows a maximum of 8 lines to cycle through.
I can also make those 8 lines custom .bmp images, making a crude animation. But since there's only 8 lines, there can only be 8 frames of animation.
Does anyone know of any software that would let me force more than 8 lines, so I can make more detailed animations?
(also suggest what hashtags I should put on this to get the appropriate crowd's attention!)
@Decimal You may have to reprogram the microcontroller on it, if it's only designed to cycle through eight things
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@Hearth that sounds complicated!
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@Decimal @Hearth I guess with a basic alternating RLE with null termination, you could reduce it to a handful of bytes, but I'd still estimate each frame would take anywhere from 50 to 500 depending on complexity so you'd be right back to square one
Adding in memory moving operations could possibly allow for more optimized animations but the complexity of storage would definitely rise as well
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@elfi @Hearth Thank you for all the info! It's nice to know some more specifics about it. ^w^