2012-03-20, 20:54
(2012-03-20, 18:01)hotlobster Wrote:Quote:Please read the wiki before posting questions: http://code.google.com/p/boblight/wiki/boblightconf --> setting bits
The Arduino PWM outputs only have 8 bit resolution, when using TLC5940s for example you can use 12 bit colors.
Please read question completly before giving advice you don't know.
Those led strip don't use PWM output but SPI from the Arduino. You totally can output 32K colors trought SPI.
It´s just a matter of the arduino code.
I don´t know the adalight pde. the tlc5940 pde from trunk can handle 16 bit colors.
That´s why there´s a default config for it with bits set to 12.
From wiki:
bits
Specifies the number of bits per channel, this only applies to momo, atmo and karate devices, this setting is optional, the default is 8.
Boblight will only send the number of bytes needed to hold the number of bits, in big endian format, so for 1 to 8 bits it will send one byte, for 9 to 16 it will send two etc.