Of course that is "minimum digit on time of 100 and a maximum digit on time of 999". Doh! Fat fingers and early morning make many typo...
On Sunday, 20 November 2016 08:38:00 UTC+1, Ian Sparkes wrote: > > Hi Nick > > controllers nowadays are easily fast enough to do very smooth fading even > when dimmed. I do 6 iterations (one for each digit) of 1000 counts (for > dimming and fading of each digit) with a minimum digit on time of 1000 and > a maximum digit on time of 999. I calculate the switch from old to new > digit based on the percentage of the fade that is done and the dim factor. > This gives smooth dimming when fully on, or fully dimmed, or anywhere in > between. > > There's still easily enough time to do all the other work that's needed > outside the loop. > > You have one of my early clocks modules don't you? I should arrange a > firmware update for you, the hardware is largely the same, but the firmware > has come on leaps and bounds. > > Ian > > > On Sunday, 13 November 2016 15:10:49 UTC+1, Nick wrote: >> >> Just wondering what people's favorite smooth cross-fading algorithms >> were, assuming that they're prepared to share ! >> >> I tend to PWM down one digit and PWM up the next over a short interval, >> but others will have their own methods... >> >> Nick >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/479bc4d8-a087-48da-ab85-20f9cac7df6d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
