A quick update.
Firmware is 99.9% completed. IE. nothing left but more testing.
Here's what I was able to accomplish:USB port communication and power.
32 uniquely controllable outputs and up to about 500 Hi-Output LEDs per board (15+ per output, external power source required for this type of craziness
)
48 levels of intensity, individually assignable to each output (after the hardware effects were added, I started to get flicker at 64. So it was dropped back to 48, or 6-bit resolution)
Using RGB LEDs (common anode), theoretically
110,592 colors are possible.
Each individual output can be set to one of the following
hardware modes. These modes are set by the computer, and after that the hardware handles them by itself.
1: Intensity
2: Sawtooth (gradual up and gradual down)
3: SquareWave (blink)
4: SawDown (full on, gradual down)
5: SawUp (gradual up, full on)
There is a global
7-level speed control for modes 2 through 5
The first release of the software will be basic. Animation will follow, but for now it will just let you control all of the above through a couple of different means.
Hoping to have everything ready to go in a few days.
RandyT