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I had a kickstarter RoTate stand but never used my switch in tate mode. I had a laser bear iPad case for my mister but just had it propped on a wire stand. Why not smash them together? Edited the stand stl up on printables to make it taller. Used switch mount stl to create a new vesa adapter plate to interface the stand with the vesa case. extended...

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the cad and stl files i made for my frame are up on my github linked above in several places. you are welcome to download them and modify to your needs.

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i've only ever used it with arkanoid!

the sketch works great for me so kudos to your work on it with jmtw000

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tty2rgbmatrix doesn't use OTA for updates, web2rgbmatrix does tho so i think you may be confused on where to post this issue. you might using kconger's version from this thread viewtopic.php?t=5330

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just pushed the no if/else table version and double checked it compiles and it works great for me. and the brightness works as well. with no diffusion acrylic on it i keep it at 16 but if i change it to 64 from that its definitely brighter.

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well that's unfortunate... let me just bite the bullet and push the new version i've been testing. what arduino IDE version are you using as well as what version of the AnimatedGif and ESP_HUB75_LED_MATRIX_PANEL_DMA libraries are you using? here's what i am using and i can compile no issue in IDE 1.8.19 (i don't care for 2 thus far) Using library E...

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i picked the adafruit sdcard adapter because it somewhat lined up with the default pinout of the trinity board but if you are gonna use a board with a different pinout here are some general guidelines... 1) sdcards are 3v3 and so if you have 3v3 on your board use it. the board in the image you sent has an AMS1117-3.3 voltage regulator that looks li...

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sounds like you went above and beyond my new version i've been testing for a few weeks and haven't released yet. uses marquee file structure as agreed upon by kconger, venice and myself in a separate repo. look for animated, if no look for static, if no just text fewer static image loads to cut down on sd card wear and tear. but i will defintely ch...

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finally finished the bosconian gif. it's up on the github now.

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yeah tahts the trouble with ali express. you never know what driver you are going to get.

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the panel display library should be able to handle more screens in various orientations and layouts tho i only have the two ive used in my project so i personally haven't done this. there are several examples tho on mr faptastic's git hub for the esp32 dma library for multiple panels. the gif code by larry bank is limited to a width of 320 pixels. ...

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work in progress. actual in game title screen for arcade is a travesty but the marquee art is nice. this is adapted from the atari version i believe and then basically recolored. once im happy i'll add it to the arcade attract mode captures i've taken to make the final gif.

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i swear i'm not dead... just been incredibly busy. haven't even had time to boot up my MiSTer for a few weeks at least.

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here is the code as i used it. it was tweaked for my button inputs. /* Arcade Spinner v0.7 * Copyright 2018 Joe W (jmtw000 a/t gmail.com) * Craig B - Updated code for mouse movement modes(DROP, ACCM) and case statement for Button port bit validation * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the...

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here's a DIY spinner i made for arkanoid, etc. this was all code i grabbed from the web and a case from thingiverse so i can take literally no credit for any of it. spinner outside.jpg spinner inside.jpg case was from thingiverse and i just mirrored it over one axis when printed so it could be held in the left hand and use my thumb on the fire butt...

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i am pulling all ready ripped sprites from various online sites like spriter's resource if they exist but for the complex animations like the one in super hang-on i'm running the game in MAME using MAMEUI and recording the output to AVI. then, using ffmpeg, i convert each frame to PNG which is then imported in series into Aseprite which is a great ...

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super hang-on gif created... this one was too powerful at 16ms per frame so i've had to slow it down to 30ms but it still looks good and fast to me. its also over a minute long! i need to dial it back in the future shangon_big.gif so this image might not display in your browser and im not sure why... it shows on twitter okay but firefox and chrome ...

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just pushed an upload to github that includes several other animated and static images i've pulled from eLLuigi, pixelcade, and from web2rgbmatrix's collections. i haven't had a lot of time the last week or so but im going thru finding images i like. if you have any suggestions let me know. code also handles static gif files as well, can't remember...

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by smaller i mean smaller pitch, still 64x32 just with elements closer together.

these are P2 panels as opposed to the P2.5 i'm using now.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832638130766.html

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if you added a third panel you'd have to do a few things: 1) you'd need to adjust the panels_in_X_chain to 3 2) you may have to play with the showGIF function so that the 128x32 images would be centered... not sure. if i had a third panel i'd test for you but i've only got the 2 at this time. i was about to pull the trigger on some new smaller pane...

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working on more code changes, added support for static gif images, breaking out of current playing animation loop, and some basic error checking (is sd card mounted? if not don't try to load a file! {shamelessly stolen from kconger's project}). still smoothing some things out. also added some entries for some images that i did not create to be disp...

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kconger wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:30 pm I recently discovered that using MGL files can change the core name reported thus the GIF we display. I have MGL files for Game Gear, SuperGrafx, Mega Duck, SG-1000, Atari2600, etc. This also allows you to organize their docs/software into their own folder and have unique settings.

whoa....

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venice wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:53 pm Many Thx, your animated gifs are really great

web2rgbmatrix plays available animated gifs once and after that it shows a static gif picture.
So I would extract an useful part out of your animation to be the static final picture.
I just try to use gimp for the extraction, let's see how it goes.

ahh i see! yes please do as you wish

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had some time during lunch and got the sdcard pins how i wanted them originally. standard header pins won't clear the power screw terminals so i used some longer ones.

sdcard_long_pins_sm.jpeg

sdcard_view_top_1.jpeg

sdcard_view_side_1.jpeg

sdcard_view_side_2.jpeg

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you can do whatever you want my friend. dunno if my the gif code will show a static image or not tho. that was also on my original roadmap but i kinda got carried away with the animated ones. but statics would be good for placeholders or alternatives for sure. you thinking gifs or jpeg? and i'm not precious about the gifs i've made. 90% of them wer...

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separate sketch for sdcard loading has been uploaded to github. pay attention to the pin setup for the sdcard reader. format your sd card as fat or fat32 (depending on the size of the card) and place gifs into a gifs folder. example screenshot below: sdcard_layout.png here you can see my very professional wiring. my intention was to have this just ...

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YES! i have loading gifs from SDcard working on a test sketch! i just need to port it to the current code base! finally, this has been like a month of banging my head against the desk.

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i'll look into it folks! you know how you've been working on something so long you just take the little things for granted... i should try to make a setup from scratch and record every step...

DEFENDER gif is added

defender_big.gif

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I really want to do this but the Trinity is sold out everywhere I have looked in the UK. Is it much of a faff to use a different ESP32? And if not has anyone got a handy link of one to get? i have in the past hooked a D1 Mini style esp32 directly to a hub75 panel so yes it can be done. as long as you have access to enough pins on the board you can...

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so if you are trying to upload ALL of the gifs i've created you may have run out of space on the SPIFFS on your ESP32. as far as i know most only have 4mb and about 1.5 of that is reserved for the actual running sketch. that's why ive been working on adding an SDcard as an option and to possibly pull the images from the MiSTer like tty2oled can. in...

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