Initial tries to support different screen configurations.

v2/backend/processing/FadingStrip/FadingStrip.pyde

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ from prepare import prepare
 import random
 
 # Config, will be checked upstream
-height = 25
-width = 15
-framerate = 10
-brightness = 0.5
+height = 15
+width = 25
+framerate = 30
+brightness = 1
 #####################################
 #receiver_IP = "10.2.113.151"
 #receiver_IP = "10.24.147.20"
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ receiver_IP = "dummy"
 receiver_port = 9999
 
 # Do we have one single long line?
-long_line = True
+long_line = False
+# Type of installation (see details in data_generator)
+type = 2
 
 # TODO: test with real serial
 # https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_uart.html
@@ -38,25 +40,24 @@ def setup():
     cur_color = color(random.randint(0, 255), random.randint(0, 255), random.randint(0, 255))
 
     ledTCP, data = prepare(Client, receiver_IP, receiver_port, height, width, framerate, brightness)
-    send_TCP(ledTCP, data, long_line)
+    send_TCP(ledTCP, data, long_line, type)
 
 def draw():
     global cur_len
     global current_px
     global cur_color
     global len_change
-    if cur_len == 0:
-        pixels[current_px] = cur_color
-    else:
-        px = current_px
-        for i in range(cur_len):
-            if px == 0:
-                prec_col = pixels[len(pixels) - 1]
-            else:
-                prec_col = pixels[px - 1]
-            col = color(red(prec_col) / 1.1, green(prec_col) / 1.1, blue(prec_col) / 1.1)
-            pixels[px] = col
-            px -=1
+    pixels[current_px] = cur_color
+    px = current_px - 1
+    for i in range(cur_len + 1):
+        if px == 0:
+            col = pixels[len(pixels) -1]
+        else:
+            col = pixels[px]
+        if i == cur_len:
+            col = color(red(col) * 0.9, green(col) * 0.9, blue(col) * 0.9)
+        pixels[px] = col
+        px -=1
     updatePixels()
 
     if cur_len == len_change:
@@ -69,4 +70,4 @@ def draw():
         current_px = 0
     else:
         current_px += 1
-    send_TCP(ledTCP, data, long_line)
+    send_TCP(ledTCP, data, long_line, type)

v2/backend/processing/FadingStrip/data_generator.py

@@ -47,25 +47,88 @@ def prepare_data(dimension, b):
     data = jarray.zeros(dimension * 24 + 1, "b")
     return data
 
-def image2data(data, long_line):
+'''
+Possibilities:
+    Start: Top left / Top Right / Bottom Left / Bottom Right
+    Direction: Up / Down / Right / Left
+'''
+
+
+def make_line(type, nb, long_line):
+    '''
+    If moving up or down: 0 <= nb <= height
+    If moving right or left: 0 <= nb <= width
+    '''
+    indexes = []
+    if type == 0:
+        # top left -> down / OK
+        pxstart = nb
+        for h in range(height):
+            indexes.append(pxstart + width * h)
+    elif type == 1:
+        # top left -> right / OK
+        pxstart = nb * width
+        for w in range((width)):
+            indexes.append(pxstart + w)
+    elif type == 2:
+        # bottom left -> up / OK
+        pxstart = width * (height - 1) + nb
+        for h in range(height):
+            indexes.append(pxstart - width * h)
+    elif type == 3:
+        # bottom left -> right / OK
+        pxstart = width * (height - 1) - nb * width
+        for w in range((width)):
+            indexes.append(pxstart + w)
+    elif type == 4:
+        # top right -> down / OK
+        pxstart = width - 1 - nb
+        for h in range(height):
+            indexes.append(pxstart + width * h)
+    elif type == 5:
+        # top right -> left / OK
+        pxstart = width - 1 + nb * width
+        for w in range((width)):
+            indexes.append(pxstart - w)
+    elif type == 6:
+        # bottom right -> up / OK
+        pxstart = width * height - 1 - nb * height
+        for h in range(height):
+            indexes.append(pxstart - width * h)
+    elif type == 7:
+        # bottom right -> left / OK
+        pxstart = width * height - 1 - nb * width
+        for w in range((width)):
+            indexes.append(pxstart - w)
+    else:
+        raise Exception("Invalid Type")
+    if long_line and nb % 2 == 1:
+        return reversed([pixels[px] for px in indexes])
+    return [pixels[px] for px in indexes]
+
+
+def image2data(data, type, long_line):
     offset = 0
-    pixel_nb = 0
     loadPixels()
-    for x in range(0, height):
-        pixel_line = pixels[pixel_nb:pixel_nb+width]
-        if long_line and pixel_nb/width%2 == 1:
-            pixel_line = reversed(pixel_line)
-        for px in pixel_line:
-            py_bytes = _encode_pixel(px)
-            for b in py_bytes:
-                if b > 127:
-                    # Convert to signed bytes (expected by jarray)
-                    b -= 256
-                    data[offset] = b
-                else:
-                    data[offset] = b
-                offset += 1
-            pixel_nb +=1
+    inline_image = []
+    if type in [0, 2, 4, 6]:
+        # Organized up or down
+        for x in range(0, width):
+            inline_image += make_line(type, x, long_line)
+    elif type in [1, 3, 5, 7]:
+        # Organized left or right
+        for x in range(0, height):
+            inline_image += make_line(type, x, long_line)
+    for img_px in inline_image:
+        py_bytes = _encode_pixel(img_px)
+        for b in py_bytes:
+            if b > 127:
+                # Convert to signed bytes (expected by jarray)
+                b -= 256
+                data[offset] = b
+            else:
+                data[offset] = b
+            offset += 1
     # New line
     data[-1] = 10
     return data

v2/backend/processing/FadingStrip/network.py

@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ def send_config(socket, height, width, framerate):
     socket.write(struct.pack('<i', width))
     socket.write(struct.pack('<i', framerate))
 
-def send_TCP(socket, data, long_line):
+def send_TCP(socket, data, long_line, type):
     if socket is None:
         # Dummy mode
         return
-    image2data(data, long_line)
+    image2data(data, type, long_line)
     socket.write(data)