reorginasation + matrix test tool

src/main/LEDMatrix.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 LEDMatrix::LEDMatrix(uint8_t width, uint8_t height, uint16_t numLeds, uint16_t lastVisibleLed, CRGB* leds)
   : kMatrixWidth(width), kMatrixHeight(height), NUM_LEDS(numLeds), LAST_VISIBLE_LED(lastVisibleLed), leds(leds) {
+    //the led matrix reference table
   static const int table[] = {
     248, 247, 232, 231, 216, 215, 200, 199, 184, 183, 168, 167, 152, 151, 136, 135, 120, 119, 104, 103, 88, 87, 72, 71, 56, 55, 40, 39, 24, 23, 8, 7,
     249, 246, 233, 230, 217, 214, 201, 198, 185, 182, 169, 166, 153, 150, 137, 134, 121, 118, 105, 102, 89, 86, 73, 70, 57, 54, 41, 38, 25, 22, 9, 6,
@@ -67,3 +68,19 @@ void LEDMatrix::drawText(const char* text, int x, int y, CRGB color) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+void LEDMatrix::setLEDColor(uint16_t index, CRGB color) {
+  if (index <= LAST_VISIBLE_LED) {
+    leds[index] = color;
+  }
+}
+
+void LEDMatrix::setLEDArray(const long ledarray[]) {
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++) {
+    if (ledarray[i] == 255) {
+      setLEDColor(i, CRGB::White); // Set the color to white for simplicity
+    } else {
+      setLEDColor(i, CRGB::Black); // Turn off the LED
+    }
+  }
+}

src/main/LEDMatrix.h

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public:
   void drawPixel(uint8_t x, uint8_t y, CRGB color);
   void drawChar(char c, int x, int y, CRGB color);
   void drawText(const char* text, int x, int y, CRGB color);
+  void setLEDColor(uint16_t index, CRGB color);
+  void setLEDArray(const long ledarray[]); 
 
 private:
   const uint8_t kMatrixWidth;
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ private:
   const uint16_t NUM_LEDS;
   const uint16_t LAST_VISIBLE_LED;
   const int* XYTable;
-  CRGB* leds; // Add this line
+  CRGB* leds;
 };
 
 #endif // LEDMATRIX_H

src/matrixTester/matrixTester.ino

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//The only thing this does is light up each LED one by one in red, then clear them all and repeat.
+
+#include <FastLED.h>
+
+#define NUM_LEDS 512   // 8x32 matrix * 2
+#define DATA_PIN D2    // Data pin for WS2812
+
+CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];  // Array of LEDs
+
+void setup() {
+  FastLED.addLeds<WS2812, DATA_PIN, GRB>(leds, NUM_LEDS);  // Initialize FastLED
+  FastLED.setBrightness(100);  // Set brightness (0-255)
+}
+
+void loop() {
+  // Clear all LEDs
+  FastLED.clear();
+
+  // Enable each LED one by one
+  for (int i = 0; i < NUM_LEDS; i++) {
+    leds[i] = CRGB::Red;  // Set to a color (e.g., red)
+    FastLED.show();  // Update the LED matrix
+    delay(50);  // Adjust the speed of the LED lighting (lower = faster)
+  }
+
+  delay(1000);  // Hold the final state for a while before clearing
+}