stoggi / ledbadge

Python script to control a B1248 LED badge
MIT License
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Enhancement - Feature request #1

Open Danimations opened 6 years ago

Danimations commented 6 years ago

I'm a pixel artist, and I'd like to push this little low-res animation canvas to the limits, while still retaining its portability (ie. using the existing battery and limited internal storage).

Loading 1-bit art and animating it would be my primary goal. @Effix' project has shown us that half-tone display is possible, which is why I see 2-bit art being a worthwhile secondary goal (after a loader for 1-bit images has been achieved).

The way I see it, 2-bit images are compact, yet the "steps" between each tone (0%, 33%, 66%, 100% brightness) should be sufficient to create some pleasing contrast and tonal effects.

It would be really excellent to develop some code to achieve the following from a command line:

Thanks for your interest in this promising little screen!

Danimations commented 6 years ago

Hey @stoggi , I jus found this blog post which describes how art is handled by some LED badges. I thought it might be of some interest/use.

http://zunkworks.com/projects/programmablelednamebadges/