prog_uint8_t text [] PROGMEM = {};
I don't think i'm really on form today. Can someone help what is the maximum size possible for this array. assuming it had some data in it. Is it 640 bytes? I'm using a mega and i'd like to create a 1920 byte array but i cant.
The size of the array is defined by the number of initializers. How many are you providing? None, zip, zilch, nada...
sorry i sort of assumed by answering the question you would already have filled that in in your mind. Yes that code means nothing it was their to serve as a start point for the question. i doesn't matter ive decided split the array up now. I don't think you can initialise it to 1920 bytes. sorry if i was unclear as i said not on top form today.
I don't think you can initialise it to 1920 bytes. sorry if i was unclear as i said not on top form today.
But, you can. I'm not aware of any limits (other than physically fitting onto flash memory) on a progmem array size.
On a mega, a 1920 byte array should be trivial.
Your real code?
Well the real code (while i can post it aster a bit of pruning) is getting very unwieldy.
as an example.
prog_uint8_t Colour_Texture_1 [192] PROGMEM = {140,137,201,153,152,213,130,133,194,134,139,198,143,148,213,142,142,205,135,134,197,115,119,182,142,140,202,146,143,203,132,135,195,138,142,200,149,154,215,136,137,199,125,126,186,111,112,174,135,134,197,130,126,183,122,116,171,128,125,183,150,151,213,143,141,203,135,128,187,117,116,176,126,126,190,131,134,196,123,116,171,130,125,181,138,141,204,142,140,205,143,137,198,138,139,203,126,125,186,134,136,196,127,119,175,128,121,177,136,138,198,136,138,206,134,129,190,139,138,201,121,116,173,126,122,178,129,123,181,97,79,123,128,124,183,125,126,189,128,121,179,126,125,188,111,102,156,118,110,163,107,91,136,90,66,106,126,118,173,117,112,167,121,114,169,120,119,184,109,98,152,120,115,170,99,81,125,97,78,121,120,112,169,117,113,173,115,107,163,116,116,181};
that works fine
prog_uint8_t long_sea_1 [1920] PROGMEM = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,11,20,0,14,161,0,22,249,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,21,189,0,23,251,0,24,255,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,27,47,255,0,23,255,0,24,255,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,7,36,62,78,242,7,28,230,0,21,240,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,25,26,34,106,121,255,19,20,23,0,14,171,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,43,0,0,0,0,6,76,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,91,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,27,0,22,245,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,17,196,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,23,28,76,3,26,249,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,32,44,159,0,22,236,0,21,237,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,138,149,249,24,26,44,0,9,120,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,24,128,17,20,43,0,6,77,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,0,18,213,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,19,213,0,23,249,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,37,43,101,2,24,248,0,24,255,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,97,181,17,38,248,0,22,250,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,70,77,144,89,97,182,0,0,52,0,21,233,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,36,57,15,16,28,0,3,38,0,20,224,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,41,0,21,236,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,210,0,23,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,152,0,22,243,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33,0,22,246,0,24,255,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,80,88,166,11,30,232,0,19,227,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,9,14,138,147,230,30,34,69,0,3,44,0,19,221,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,61,65,113,15,17,38,0,0,0,0,16,182,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,4,57,0,20,229,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,219,0,23,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,0,18,211,0,23,246,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,148,0,21,248,0,22,244,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,69,86,255,21,33,164,0,10,116,0,19,218,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,99,112,243,11,11,11,0,0,7,0,18,197,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,69,142,5,5,8,0,0,10,0,17,198,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,0,2,32,0,19,226,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,29,0,19,223,0,23,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,15,189,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,48,0,16,238,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,19,192,67,82,237,0,14,216,0,22,245,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,15,81,83,98,249,1,5,52,0,2,25,0,18,200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,30,38,134,109,118,217,0,0,10,0,1,20,0,18,211,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,15,17,32,0,0,0,0,4,63,0,23,252,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,47,0,21,245,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,16,196,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,16,55,10,31,243,0,23,253,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,20,186,6,20,168,0,11,126,0,21,238,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,6,4,120,135,255,49,53,89,0,0,0,0,10,130,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,27,63,60,66,123,0,0,0,0,2,31,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,118,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,15,0,11,143,0,22,245,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,16,193,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,80,0,23,254,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,15,38,255,3,23,231,0,20,231,0,20,232,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,162,36,56,248,4,18,155,0,13,162,0,21,241,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,113,123,219,62,77,226,14,16,37,0,0,0,0,12,149,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,62,70,145,80,89,177,10,12,39,0,0,0,0,9,100,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,13,13,21,40,42,68,17,18,31,0,0,0,0,11,134,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,10,15,37,39,60,0,0,22,0,20,234,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,0,18,205,0,22,245,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,18,203,0,21,243,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,108,0,21,245,0,23,252,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,24,255,0,21,244,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,60,67,85,255,0,21,252,11,33,246,0,22,244,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,16,146,73,90,255,74,91,251,56,71,221,0,17,217,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,28,30,61,82,100,255,108,120,246,61,69,152,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,6,70,33,42,128,0,0,0,0,10,126,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,46,0,20,231,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,11,116,0,23,255,0,23,254,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,66,71,123,18,39,249,0,24,255,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,25,43,240,0,20,251,0,23,254,0,23,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,19,117,129,255,18,20,40,0,0,0,0,12,147,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,41,89,16,18,51,0,0,0,0,4,57,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,71,0,20,235,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,14,166,0,22,245,0,24,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,147,0,23,255,0,24,254,0,23,247,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,12,141,0,22,241,0,21,237,0,19,229,0,17,240,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,25,0,16,214,0,12,235,0,10,231,0,14,239,0,0,252,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,8,38,33,55,250,0,6,203,0,3,34,0,4,65,0,15,219,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36,96,110,247,12,30,203,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,39,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,87,95,169,35,51,208,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,28,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,17,17,24,39,43,85,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,28};
that doesn't.
after a bit of searching and head scratching i found this discussion on the subject.
http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=80105&start=0
i was really just running this by the forum to see if it was correct or not. for my tests their defiantly seems to be a limit but i wanted a definite yes or no so as to be sure it wasn't something else. I'm not running out of sram i know that.
It complies fine enough, but will not up load
Are you aware that carriage returns/line feeds in initializer lists have no affect?
Break that horrid statement up after every n elements, to make it easier to count them.
What does "that doesn't work" mean? The compiler doesn't like the statement? Or, the compiler doesn't mind, but the functions that access the data don't get the right data?
Is the cutoff between works/doesn't work 255 elements?
sorry, they both compile fine. but when i try to up load to the mega if i have an array above about 500 bytes the IDE locks up when it trys to up load to the mega. it does it every time and if i make the size of the array smaller it will up load. Both complie.
It seems i can get it to work with prog_uint16_t but not prog_uint8_t. prog_uchar works but only for text
e.g
prog_uchar rainbow_webtext [] PROGMEM = {"0,0,0,6,0,0,58,0,0,58,0,0,51,0,0,6,0,0,53,0"};
how can i use prog_uchar to store 8bit unsigned integers easily? or is their something i can do to make prog_uint8_t work.
I'm sure i'm going wrong somewhere but i cant find it.
Post a complete sketch which compiles, with setup() and loop(), trimmed down to only the smallest amount of code needed to demonstrate the problem. It's likely something else that's happening in your sketch which is not shown here.
And btw, the linked avrfreaks thread is right, the most you can initialize in one array is 32k.
but when i try to up load to the mega if i have an array above about 500 bytes the IDE locks up
Depends on the data, but could this be another manifestation of the three consecutive ! "feature" of the bootloader?