Multiple core Propeller speeds up display addressing

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Th If you ever wondered what an eight-core Propeller processor can do for you, [Tom] found one answer. He's using the multiple cores to individually address serial displays. He has six display modules, and each of them incorporate six 8x8 LED modules. This makes for a total of 2304 LEDs, and since they're addressed by cascading serial data, that means 2304 bytes pushed to the display. You're … [Read more...]