DT Instant Interrupts

[skimask]

Hi Skymask,
Maybe I can clarify what I am trying to do. I didn’t post my entire code because it is very long. I will attach as a text file. I am designing a sign controller AKA sign animator AKA sign speller. What I need to do is CH1 ON pause X, add CH2 on Pause X, add CH3 pause X … This is an oversimplification but you can get the idea. It will allow me to program patterns left to right, right to left, center out, outside in, fade from left to right etc.
I guess I was hoping for was some kind of nested for next loop with an array?
I probably am not phrasing it correctly as I am a beginning programmer. Most of my experience is in programming large theatrical RGB lighting clusters which is not really programming in the same use of the word. I really haven’t “written code” since high school.
I do appreciate all the help and am enjoying the journey!!!

Where do you plan on storing all of this data? On chip eeprom, program memory, off chip serial eeprom, CF card?
I can see using a FONT table to store all of the characters, each character being a mini-array of points. Then depending on how you read out those points from that array, it may look like the character is shifting left/right/up/down, whatever.

I think you need to setup an array of data and do matrix operations on that array when dealing with the full screen.
I.E.
4 x 4 array = 16 data points, array var byte[16]
x / y = 4 / 4 = 16
point 0,0
x + (y*4) = point in array, in this case point 0, first byte in array
point 3,3
x + (y*4) = point in array, in this case point 15, last byte in array
PBP doesn't do multi-dimensional arrays but you can easily overcome that with some simple math.

[krohtech]

Thanks Skimask

I will have to play with this to absorb it. I will give it a try this weekend.

[krohtech]

Where do you plan on storing all of this data? On chip eeprom, program memory, off chip serial eeprom, CF card?

I was planning on storing the data in the program memory as it will probably not need to be changed once the sign is installed.

[Darrel Taylor]

I guess I was hoping for was some kind of nested for next loop with an array?

I don't know if I can explain the whole Arrays and Loops category. Would need a full book.

But here's some more examples (untested) that might nurture some thoughts.

Value       VAR BYTE
X           VAR BYTE
Y           VAR BYTE
MarqueeCnt  VAR BYTE
RepeatCnt   VAR BYTE
Rnd         VAR WORD : Rnd = 123

MaxChannel  CON 15

Main:
    Value = DIM
    GOSUB ALL2Value
    Pause 2000
    GOSUB Marquee
    GOSUB Scan
    GOSUB DoRandom
GOTO Main

;------------------------
Marquee:
    Value = 0
    Gosub ALL2value
    For RepeatCnt = 1 to 50
        MarqueeCnt = (MarqueeCnt + 1) // 4
        For X = 0 to MaxChannel STEP 4
            For Y = X to X + 3
                Lookup ((Y-X) + MarqueeCnt),[0,25,75,25,0,25,75,25],Value
                DutyVars(Y) = Value  
            Next Y
        Next X
    Next RepeatCnt
Return


;------------------------
Scan:
    Value = 0
    Gosub ALL2value
    For RepeatCnt = 1 to 20
        For X = 0 to MaxChannel 
            DutyVars(X) = MED
            Pause 200
            DutyVars(X) = 0
        Next X
    Next RepeatCnt
Return


;------------------------
DoRandom:
    For RepeatCnt = 1 to 100
        For X = 0 to MaxChannel 
            RANDOM Rnd
            DutyVars(X) = Rnd // 100
        Next X
        Pause 200 
    Next RepeatCnt
Return

;------------------------
ALL2value:
    For X = 0 to MaxChannel
        DutyVars(X) = Value
    Next X
Return

HTH,

[krohtech]

I don't know if I can explain the whole Arrays and Loops category. Would need a full book.

Can anyone recomend a good book on PBP or BASIC that may help with the finer points of arrays and loops etc. I am very willing to read and research to learn more.


Thanks Darrel,

I will have more time this weekend to try this.

[skimask]

Can anyone recomend a good book on PBP or BASIC that may help with the finer points of arrays and loops etc. I am very willing to read and reserarch to learn more.
Thanks Darrel,
I will have more time this weekend to try this.

I don't think there really is such an animal as a book that would explain the finer points of loops/arrays, and such, and except for some oddball things about PBP variables (indexing and such), I'm kinda thinking that there aren't any finer points of loops and arrays.
I think this is one of those cases when you have to play with the structure of the loops and arrays until you get it how you like it and can understand it the best, whether you pull the data from eeprom, or make it up on the spot or whatever.
I think it boils down to your 'coding style' (many think my 'coding style' sucks for instance because I use too many colons).
There are lots of good books on coding, I haven't read any of them (refer to the earlier statement about coding style).