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Flipdot-display/lib/BROSE9323
mangavalkandClaude Opus 5.5 f1dbc35ebd Rewrite Nano serial parser as line based, fix protocol bugs
- Commands run on '\n' instead of busy-waiting for a byte count, which
  fixes s/F/T waiting for the next command and P drawing 0xFF garbage
- Invalid bitmaps no longer leak their data as commands; bitmap data is
  streamed so full-screen bitmaps still fit
- Store flip time as uint16 with magic marker, validate 50-2000 us
- Overflow-safe millis() handling for the periodic refresh
- Run the full refresh only after D or when serial is idle, so incoming
  data is not lost while the redraw blocks
- Put the boot refresh measurement behind MEASURE_REFRESH
- Fix DEBUG hex output and use F() strings to save RAM
- Driver: direct mode now updates the old buffer instead of re-setting
  the new one

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-13 00:06:49 +02:00
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BROSE9323 driver

An Adafruit_GFX driver for Brose flipdot panels, shared by both firmware targets. The constructor is BROSE9323(width, height, panel_width, flip_time_us = 280). This project uses BROSE9323 display(84, 19, 28).

Build modes

Flag Used by Behaviour
(none) Nano Drives the panel through GPIO. Keeps an old and a new frame buffer and flips only the dots that changed.
-D ESPSERIAL ESP32 Holds no buffer. drawPixel, fillScreen, display and setTiming are sent as serial commands to the Stream passed to begin(&Serial).
-D FLIPDOT_PLCC_ADAPTER Nano (optional) Uses the pin mapping of the PLCC adapter board.

The flags are set per environment in platformio.ini through build_flags. Don't #define them in the header.

Notes

  • In direct mode (setDirect(true)) every pixel is flipped right away, without a call to display().
  • print() maps German umlauts (ÄäÖöÜüß) to the code page 437 glyphs used by the GFX font.
  • On an ATmega168 the old buffer is left out to save RAM. Every display() call then flips all dots.