634 and big numbers (2x1)

[nschmid]

Hello

We've just received our 634 and are now programing our own software for the display.

I've seen that it is possible to draw big numbers on the display and I read in the documentation (634full.pdf) how it's done for 4x4 and 4x3 characters.

Problem: I just tried JC's CPU Big Num example in CC2 and saw that it is possible to show numbers just 2 rows in height and 1 character in width (2x1). That's marvelous but unfortunatly I can't find any documentation on that... ?

What commands do I have to send to display such kind of numbers?

Best regards
Nathan

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[CF Tech]

CC2 is just defining the special characters and sending them to the display . . . it is not using any "built-in" function of the CFA-634. Essentially CC2 is doing the work for the 2-high characters, where the display does the work for the 4-high characters.

 

[nschmid]

CC2 is just defining the special characters and sending them to the display . . . it is not using any "built-in" function of the CFA-634. Essentially CC2 is doing the work for the 2-high characters, where the display does the work for the 4-high characters.

Ok thanks for the answer. Is it possible to get the special characters as a bitmap (or binary matrix or 7 chars or so)? Or do I have to recode it for my project?

Regards
Nathan

 

[CF Tech]

You might try PM'ing CC Admin.

 

[joeservo]

actually, can you post a link to a text file that has the characters in pixel format? i would like to create 9x16 characters as well on a 128x64 display.

or email joe_servo@yahoo.com