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I just saw your other post with the rainbow image — I get it now. Setting panoff to true won’t look right. Instead what you want to do is duplicate your 16×16 side by side (32×16). Then give it a CONFIG.INI with MOVEX=1 and PANOFF=FALSE.
A little more explanation about CONFIG.INI is in the FAQ:
https://www.ledseq.com/faq-category/game-frame/#post-1123Let me know if that works for you.
Maybe share the folder you’re having trouble with. It sounds like you have “panoff” set to false. That needs to be true for a 16×16 to be able to move.
jofjof27: Sounds like you don’t need this tool at all! Just name your files you made 0.bmp, 1.bmp, 2.bmp, etc., and drop them into a folder on Game Frame.
Hi Soren,
You should be able to drag any of those animated GIFs onto my GFX2GF script and it will spit out a folder ready for Game Frame.
Jeremy
Hi Soren,
I agree, there are a ton of great animations in this forum. I don’t believe anyone has collected all of them into a single archive, but most are indeed ready to be copied to Game Frame. Are there any in particular that you need help with?
Jeremy
Glad to hear you’re taking an interest in Arduino! It’s a great community, and an accessible language. I assume you’ve taken a look at the Game Frame source code. If not, it’s here:
https://github.com/Jerware/GameFrame
You can take a look at that and see how the parts fit together. You can certainly use an Arduino Uno, but you’ll need to connect it to an SD reader (which will require a 3.3V supply, which is why my PCB has an additional power regulator). You’ll also need the clock chip + its crystal.
The schematics for the PCB aren’t published but it’s pretty straight forward once you see what pins are used in the source code. Have fun!
Are these the only animation you want to run on the Game Frame? If so, easiest thing would be to convert both using the gfx2gf script and then link them using nested folders. I.e.:
anim/0 (first half)
anim/1 (second half)More info on linking here:
https://www.ledseq.com/faq-category/game-frame/#post-1130Sorry to hear it! Can you answer these questions?
1) Do you see a flash of LEDs for a moment when you turn it on?
2) Do you see a red LED on the rear circuit board light up when you turn it on, and then begin to dimly blink after a couple seconds?
If you don’t see either of these, the problem is likely a bad AC cable (the cable that attaches the power supply to the wall). See if you can swap that first, and if there’s still a problem we’ll take it from there.
I’m afraid not. Alpha numeric sorting requires vastly more memory than the microcontroller has. Here are three alternatives…
As a matter of fact, I take pride in testing every Game Frame thoroughly before shipping. In cases where the display layers need compression I usually insert the nylon screw, to save you the trouble, and test again. Unfortunately it appears the screw was forced through the LED grid in transit, likely due to an impact. I’ve never seen that before, but it would take quite a lot of force to get the screw through that PCB material.
Send me an email (jeremy at this domain) and we’ll find a solution.
I added this feature to the attached source code. You’ll need to add the following to your CONFIG.INI somewhere in the [animation] section. (An example CONFIG.INI is also enclosed.)
# wait to finish the animation even if
# the system timer expires
finish = trueNote: this setting applies to normal animations AND translations/pans/filmstrips. I.e. if you’re using MOVEX or MOVEY, the system will not progress to the next animation until 1) the current one reaches its destination, and 2) the timer has expired.
I tested it but not terribly thoroughly. Let me know if bugs pop up.
UPDATE: I uploaded the wrong version. Fixed.
Yep! And FYI this is explained in the FAQ.
Each of the numerical folders looks just like a standard image folder, and can contain its own CONFIG.INI.
