The new driver for PinDMD3 has been completed and is now available for download here.
By default it works exactly the same as the ‘normal’ FPInterface and converts images and font data to DMD colour scales to display, however, add a decal with a special texture to the table and it proceeds to send all background image data in 24 bit RGB and uses the colours in the texture for the 5 font levels.
Instructions are included in the download file.
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