MY FIRST scrolling 8X8 LED

[skimask]

Instead of this:

'* * * * * * LOAD ARRAY WITH STRING VALUE * * * * * * * * * * *
CHAR[0]= "A"
CHAR[1]= "B"
CHAR[2]= "C"
CHAR[3]= "D"
CHAR[4]= "E"
CHAR[5]= "F"
CHAR[6]= "G"
CHAR[7]= "H"
CHAR[8]= "I"
CHAR[9]= "J"
CHAR[10]="K"
CHAR[11]="L"
CHAR[12]="M"
CHAR[13]="N"
CHAR[14]="O"
CHAR[15]="P"
CHAR[16]="Q"
CHAR[17]="R"
CHAR[18]="S"
CHAR[19]="T"
CHAR[20]="U"
CHAR[21]="V"
CHAR[22]="W"
CHAR[23]="X"
CHAR[24]="Y"
CHAR[25]="Z"

Try this:

For temp = "A" to "Z" : CHAR[ temp - "A" ] = temp : Next temp

Easier to type, uses less memory, and so on...

Another idea for you...

Put the complete message into an array of bytes, the whole message, columns and all, not just the ASCII representation of each character (i.e. each character will use up 8 bytes in the array).
Then, when displaying the message, (is the matrix actually 8x8? or are there really more 8x8 chunks involved?), shift the array by one column, pause, redisplay it...

[sayzer]

Instead of this:

'* * * * * * LOAD ARRAY WITH STRING VALUE * * * * * * * * * * *
CHAR[0]= "A"
CHAR[1]= "B"
CHAR[2]= "C"
CHAR[3]= "D"
CHAR[4]= "E"
CHAR[5]= "F"
CHAR[6]= "G"
CHAR[7]= "H"
CHAR[8]= "I"
CHAR[9]= "J"
CHAR[10]="K"
CHAR[11]="L"
CHAR[12]="M"
CHAR[13]="N"
CHAR[14]="O"
CHAR[15]="P"
CHAR[16]="Q"
CHAR[17]="R"
CHAR[18]="S"
CHAR[19]="T"
CHAR[20]="U"
CHAR[21]="V"
CHAR[22]="W"
CHAR[23]="X"
CHAR[24]="Y"
CHAR[25]="Z"

Try this:

For temp = "A" to "Z" : CHAR[ temp ] = temp : Next temp

Easier to type, uses less memory, and so on...

Another idea for you...

Put the complete message into an array of bytes, the whole message, columns and all, not just the ASCII representation of each character (i.e. each character will use up 8 bytes in the array).
Then, when displaying the message, (is the matrix actually 8x8? or are there really more 8x8 chunks involved?), shift the array by one column, pause, redisplay it...

Ski,


About the array loop and indexing it;

When Temp = "A", how will "CHAR[ temp ] = temp" work?

Where will "A" go? CHAR[65] ?


What about CHAR[Temp-65] = Temp ?


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Note: I just realized that my edit updated after Ski posted!

[skimask]

Ski,

About the array loop and indexing it;

When Temp = "A", how will "CHAR[ temp ] = temp" work?

Where will "A" go?
CHAR[65] ?

Nothing personal, just want to know

DOH!!!
Char[ temp - "A" ]
That should be a bit better, ya think?

Note: I just saw that Sayzer had edited after I had posted