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Can the P8X32A-D40 play animation (movie clips) and be controlled by arduino?

XNIFXNIF Posts: 4
edited 2012-10-11 07:53 in General Discussion
I am looking for a chip that can play movies on a small LCD/TFT. I am building a device that is based on PC and arduino.
The idea is that i have like 10 animations that can play on an LCD by request of the arduino. Like "play movieclip 1" in I2C by the arduino.

Any thoughts on this? I am asking because the arduino is just not powerful enough to do so.

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  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2012-10-09 12:30
    The Propeller dip40 cannot do that...playing "movies"
    takes more MIPS than the Prop can deliver. Prop2
    could probably handle it but you would have to wait for it.
    I have seen a Prop1 play a very short cartoon clip to
    an NTSC monitor in a blocky sort of way.

    The chip you need is the SOC that is on the 35.00 USD Raspberry Pi.
    So my advice is replace the arduino with the Pi. The Pi is about the
    same price as the lesser arduino.
    Programming the Pi is easy in Python, C, C++ and many more.
    There are GPIO pins to use and lots of examples on the web to
    guide you.
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlrAigdZIizyg10hei3FV4_sFSnO5Nl7sCtN16lIStSvhGZKDW
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-10-09 13:03
    Only low resolution TV or VGA clips.

    Jeff
  • XNIFXNIF Posts: 4
    edited 2012-10-09 13:16
    i am talking about a resolution of 240 x 320 or something. I do not need more then 256 colors...
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-10-09 13:18
    @XNIF

    Here's a link to check out. It's a VGA player. With a little work it could be controllable.

    http://propellerpowered.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=e0ac1dec6d804ce3f1253f48adab9d0b&topic=110.0

    There's a link in that thread to a TV version as well.

    Jeff
  • XNIFXNIF Posts: 4
    edited 2012-10-09 13:28
    thanks for that. What got me here was a japanese youtube movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDkUhhh0u7k&feature=plcp

    he seems to be playing at good framerate
  • XNIFXNIF Posts: 4
    edited 2012-10-11 07:53
    The problem i have, i need to control around 8 mini lcd screens. They need to be embedded chips, and i prefer DIP chips (for prototyping). A Raspberry Pi i great but not for my need.
    Any suggestions? All i need is a microprocessor that can play movieclips with a resolution around 320 x 240?
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