Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:26:30 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add the LED burst trigger |
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Hi!
> > And while " " for pause and "#" for light would work. Maybe we chould > > do "\0" for pause and "\177" for light... and interpret everything > > between as an intensity. That will make it useful for LEDs with > > variable intensites, too... > > "\0" is not easy to give if application is a script. > intensity is a good idea, but makes it more complex, and user need to convert the "\num" to a ASCII code. >
OTOH it is easier for C programs _and_ we can support different brightness levels.
It is not that bad from script:
echo -ne '\0\051\0377' > foo...
Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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