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arduino sketch 28 color gimp palette and palette...

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arduino sketch

28 color gimp palette and palette generator.

index image to avr pin bitmap converter.

basic arduino sketch for a 28 color vga synthesizer

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:52:42 -0500

this arduino sketch displays a 32x32 pixel image. two potentiometers can been hooked up to analog inputs 0 and 1 for adjusting/corrupting the hsync/vsync. a potentiometer on analog input 2 scrolls the image vertically and adjacent memory. images can be uploaded via serial.

// copy-it-right

#define VSYNC 1 << 0
#define HSYNC 1 << 1

// high voltage (bright) RGB
#define HR     1 << 2
#define HG     1 << 3
#define HB     1 << 4

// low voltage (dim) RGB
#define LR     1 << 5
#define LG     1 << 6
#define LB     1 << 7


#define NOM1 asm("nop");
#define NOM10 asm("nop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop\t\nnop");


int lnc = 0;
int lna = 0;
int lnt = 479;

int imgb, imgc = 0, imgf = 0;

unsigned short int lni = 0;
unsigned char img[1792];


void hsync()
{
  NOM10;
  PORTB &= ~HSYNC;
  NOM10; NOM10; NOM10; NOM10; NOM10; NOM10;
  PORTB |= HSYNC;
  NOM10; NOM10; NOM10;
}


inline void pxl(int x) 
{
  PORTD = img[lni + x];
  NOM1; NOM1; NOM1; NOM1; NOM1; NOM1;
}


ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect)
{
  // vsync
  if (lnc == -35) PORTB &= ~VSYNC;
  if (lnc == -37) PORTB |= VSYNC;

  hsync();

  if (lnc > -1) {
    // drawing a 30x30 image for now

    lni = (lnc + lna) >> 4 << 5;

    // 382 cycles
    pxl( 0); pxl( 1); pxl( 2); pxl( 3); pxl( 4); pxl( 5); pxl( 6); pxl( 7);
    pxl( 8); pxl( 9); pxl(10); pxl(11); pxl(12); pxl(13); pxl(14); pxl(15);
    pxl(16); pxl(17); pxl(18); pxl(19); pxl(20); pxl(21); pxl(22); pxl(23);
    pxl(24); pxl(25); pxl(26); pxl(27); pxl(28); pxl(29); pxl(30); pxl(31);

    // 2 cycles
    PORTD = 0;
  }

  lnc++;
  if (lnc > lnt) {
    lnc = -45;
  }
}


void setup()
{
  // pins
  DDRD = HR | HG | HB | LR | LG | LB;
  DDRB = VSYNC | HSYNC;
  PORTB = VSYNC | HSYNC;

  // timer
  TIMSK0 &= !(1 << TOIE0);
  cli();
  TCCR1A = 0;
  TCCR1B = 1 << WGM22 | 1 << CS10;
  OCR1A = 508;
  TIMSK1 = 1 << OCIE1A;
  sei();
  
  Serial.begin(9600);
}


void read_img_data()
{
  if (Serial.available() > 0) {
    if (Serial.read() == B11111100) {
      noInterrupts();
      lnt = 479;
      while (imgc < 1792) {
        imgb = Serial.read();
        if (imgb > -1) {
          img[imgc] = (unsigned char) imgb;
          imgf = 0;
          imgc++;
        } else {
          imgf++;
          if (imgf > 4096) {
            interrupts();
            return;
          }
        }
      }
      interrupts();
    }
  }
}


void loop()
{
  read_img_data();
  OCR1A = analogRead(0);  // 5K potentiometer
  lnt = analogRead(1) * 2;  // 5K potentiometer
  lna = analogRead(2);  // 1K or 5K potentiometer
}

indexed image to avr pin bitmap

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:49:00 -0500

this python script converts an indexed image to the avr pin bitmap equivalent. uses a special gimp palette that maps indexed colors to the pin bitmap. i.e. for the 28 color gimp palette, a bright red indexed pixel will be converted to the byte 00100100.

usage: img2avr.py palette.gpl image.png > image.out

img2avr.py

# copy-it-right

import sys

from PIL import Image


def parse_palette(data):
    palette = []
    after_header = False
    for line in data:
        if line.startswith('#'):
            after_header = True
            continue
        if after_header:
            palette.append(int(line.split()[-1], 2))
    return palette


def main():
    color_pin_map = parse_palette(open(sys.argv[1]))
    image = Image.open(sys.argv[2])

    assert image.mode == 'P', 'image must be indexed'

    sys.stdout.write(chr(int('11111100', 2)))

    for i, px in enumerate(image.getdata()):
        sys.stdout.write(chr(color_pin_map[px]))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

28 color gimp palette generator

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0500

this python script generates a gimp palette which you can use to convert rgb images to an indexed image which can be converted for use on the avr.

# copy-it-right

def main():
    colors = set()

    print 'GIMP Palette'
    print 'Name: avr-vga'
    print 'Columns: 0'
    print '#'

    for n in range(0, 256):
        b = bin(n)[2:].rjust(8, '0')[:-2] + '00'
        colors.add(b)

    colors = list(colors)
    colors.sort()
    colors.reverse()
    color_map = {}

    for c in colors:

        r = 0
        g = 0
        b = 0

        if int(c[0]):
            b += 127.5
        if int(c[1]):
            g += 127.5
        if int(c[2]):
            r += 127.5
        if int(c[3]):
            b += 127.5
        if int(c[4]):
            g += 127.5
        if int(c[5]):
            r += 127.5

        color_map[(r, g, b)] = c

    colors = color_map.items()
    colors.sort(key=lambda i: i[0])

    for (r, g, b), c in colors:
        print ' %3i %3i %3i\t%s' % (r, g, b, c)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

28 color gimp palette

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:45:47 -0500

GIMP Palette
Name: avr-vga
Columns: 0
#
   0   0   0	00000000
   0   0 127	00010000
   0   0 255	10010000
   0 127   0	00001000
   0 127 127	00011000
   0 127 255	10011000
   0 255   0	01001000
   0 255 127	01011000
   0 255 255	11011000
 127   0   0	00000100
 127   0 127	00010100
 127   0 255	10010100
 127 127   0	00001100
 127 127 127	00011100
 127 127 255	10011100
 127 255   0	01001100
 127 255 127	01011100
 127 255 255	11011100
 255   0   0	00100100
 255   0 127	00110100
 255   0 255	10110100
 255 127   0	00101100
 255 127 127	00111100
 255 127 255	10111100
 255 255   0	01101100
 255 255 127	01111100
 255 255 255	11111100

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