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Laurens Valk
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Usually, images are static, so they can be computed in advance instead of during runtime. This makes scripts smaller and much more memory efficient. For example, now you can say: HOUSE = 4685823 hub.grid.image(HOUSE) since 4685823 = ``` 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ``` We could also choose the binary format to allow for more generic screen sizes. If we allow a bit more space (2 words instead of 1), we could do 1 byte per row to allow screens up to 8x8. Right now, though, we choose 1 word < 31 bits which is a bit more efficient in MicroPython. We can easily list numerous example in the docs or provide a simple visual calculator. There is still a matrix method that takes a 2D matrix of intensities for full control during runtime, which is what the image() method was doing initially. This commit renames the old draft to matrix().
Pybricks end-user API & Documentation ===================================== This repository documents the Pybricks end-user MicroPython API. Each `Pybricks firmware`_ comes with the `Pybricks package`_. All modules, classes, methods, and functions in that package have optimized implementations in C for high performance and reduced memory footprint. This repository provides an empty, pure Python blueprint of that package. It is used to generate the `official documentation`_. See the `contributor's guide <CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ for acceptable changes and instructions to build the documentation locally. For general discussion, please visit the `support`_ issue tracker. .. _Pybricks package: pybricks .. _Pybricks firmware: https://github.com/pybricks/pybricks-micropython .. _official documentation: https://docs.pybricks.com/ .. _support: https://github.com/pybricks/support/issues