Snippet - 6x8 Scrolling LED Matrix Class

Blue_Hair_Bob · February 14, 2014, 2:29pm

I just posted 6x8 Scrolling LED Matrix Class on Codeshare. Feel free to discuss and make suggestions here.

Jay_Jay · February 14, 2014, 5:21pm

does anyone know of an online site that can convert an char to it’s byte format…
give it a 0 and gives me the below equivalent below.


0 is new byte[] { 0x1c, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x22, 0x1c }

Architect · February 14, 2014, 5:25pm

It depends on the “font”.

Check this project:

Blue_Hair_Bob · February 14, 2014, 5:46pm

Oh, I forgot to upload the excel sheet I used to calculate the font values. I will add it and update here when done.

Blue_Hair_Bob · February 14, 2014, 5:56pm

OK, the spreadsheet is posted. It takes a 5x8 character and adds a 6th column for spacing. It should be easy to modify for any size font you want.

Architect · February 14, 2014, 7:59pm

I would add it to the original project instead of having a separate codeshare just for one excel file.

Blue_Hair_Bob · February 14, 2014, 8:17pm

I will take care of that.

Blue_Hair_Bob · February 27, 2014, 5:56pm

Here if a free font creator app that looks promising: