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Added another driver option for running Adafruit::GFX code on rPi
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Expand Up @@ -20,3 +20,14 @@ If you need support for RGB888 (24bpp) and need to/can run on Teensy 3.1/3.2/3.5
ESP32 chips (not supported by RGB-matrix-Panel), please look at
https://github.com/marcmerlin/SmartMatrix_GFX which offers a GFX compatibility layer on
top of https://github.com/pixelmatix/SmartMatrix

If you have RGBPanels of up to at least 256x256 or unsupported panels (AB or AC, or using FM6126A), and you'd
like to use them, another driver is needed.
You can use https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix/ , however it requires you to use a raspberry pi, which is a problem if your current code is using Adafruit::GFX.

Thankfully, there is now a solution from Marc MERLIN:
http://marc.merlins.org/perso/arduino/post_2020-01-01_Running-FastLED_-Adafruit_GFX_-and-LEDMatrix-code-on-High-Resolution-RGBPanels-with-a-Raspberry-Pi.html explains the new solution in https://github.com/marcmerlin/ArduinoOnPc-FastLED-GFX-LEDMatrix
This solution allows you to build arduino code so that it works on linux and uses these layers:
- https://github.com/marcmerlin/ArduinoOnPc-FastLED-GFX-LEDMatrix
- https://github.com/marcmerlin/Framebuffer_GFX is the base arduino framebuffer that also supports more 2D arduino code in addition to Adafruit::GFX
- https://github.com/marcmerlin/FastLED_RPIRGBPanel_GFX is the driver that bridges that framebuffer and the APIs it supports (FastLED, Adafruit::GFX, and LEDMatrix), with rpi-rgb-led-matrix for display