Message generating programs for the MiniPOV

[magician13134]

There's a lot of great programs for this floating around these forums, so I figured it would be a good idea to consolidate them all into one post to make it easy to find them.

Magician13134's
Screen shot:

Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3488
Features:
- Stand alone EXE
- Save/Load
- Import images
- Add text
- One click compiling/transfer to MiniPOV
Download:
http://www.magicsoftinc.com/software/MiniPOV/
Alternative, in development web interface: http://magicsoftinc.com/MiniPOV/

AndyIsGreen's
Screen shot:

Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3488
Features:
- Written in Java
- Can be run on Windows, Linux, Mac, anything with Java installed
- Clean, simple, powerful
Download:
http://mini-pov-editor.googlecode.com/files/MiniPOVEditor.jar

efimomax's
Screen shot:

Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6025
Features:
- save created messages in simple text file for future load
- load saved messages from file
- resize message lenght (in rows) without clearing the current message (in case if you make it wider)
- Set delay for "minipov.c" file with message
- set com port for "makefile" file
- create complet "minipov.c" file with delay setting
- create complete "makefile" file with comport setting
- flash miniPOV from program with created/loaded messages (WinAVR should be installed)
Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/banned/MiniPOV_MSG_GENERATOR.rar

oPossum's
Screen shot:

Original thread:
http://ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4941
Features:
Does not require AVRDude!
Download it:
http://www.compendiumarcana.com/pov/minipov3asd.zip

Repulsor's
Screen shot:

Original thread:
None
Features:
Web-based, neat!
Use it:
http://www.repulsor.net/minipov/

schmarki's
No screen shot yet
Original thread:
2nd page of http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3488
Features:
A Mac-compatible version
Sorry I can't be more specific, I don't have a Mac
Download:
http://www.hmwenzel.de/MiniPOV-Programmer03.xls.zip

Raphae1's
No screen shot yet
Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5481
Features:
Simply a PERL script, no EXE
Sorry I can't be more specific, I don't know what to do with PERL
Download:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5481

jpstanley's
No screen shot yet
Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4323
Features:
Simply call it with a bmp as a parameter
Sorry I can't be more specific, I don't know have SDL installed
Download:
http://www.xmission.com/~jstanley/povgen.zip

Vrungel's
No screen shot yet
Original thread:
http://www.ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4372
Features:
- A Mac-compatible version
- save/load your POV messages as data files for later use.
- generate .c table that can be copied into your sources or simply use #include to include the table.
- insert column anywhere (using contextual menu)
- remove any column (using contextual menu)
- turn all LEDs On/Off for any column (using contextual menu)
- add/remove columns an the end using +/-
Download:
http://homepage.mac.com/maxym/FileSharing35.html


Did I miss yours? Do you have more details or a screen shot? Did you just write one?
Let me know, either in a PM or simply post it here!

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[oPossum]

Use any ordinary text editor with this firmware

[corwin]

I love this C64 font helper file! It automatically replaces the text in your .c firmware with the correct B8(xxxxxxxx) bytes at compile-time. By (stingray)

http://forums.ladyada.net/viewtopic.php?p=8945

[SamuelAaronWard]

Hello, everyone!

My name is Aaron. I'm an electrical engineer from Charleston, West Virginia. For my day job, I design lighting and power systems for new buildings (boring). As a hobby, I design electronics / robotics (fun). I am new to MicroChip PICs and love them! My weapon of choice so far is the PIC16F684. I have designed / built / programmed four projects so far and have had great success! I started out as a computer science major at WVU Tech in 1996 and studied C++, of which I remember very little. I have been programming my PICs in C, though my knowledge is very limited. After changing my major to electrical engineering, I took a course in microprocessors (Motorola 68HC12) and learned a little ASM programming.

I discovered Limor (Lady Ada) a few months ago, and I'm a big fan! I'm trying to make my own MiniPOV, and I need a little help. To answer your questions, Limor, here are my answers to your READ ME FIRST post:

1) I am building a DIY POV using a PIC16F684 (preferably programmed in C). Yes, I definitely need to work on my C and ASM programming skills.
2) I am using Window XP.
3) I am using a MicroChip PICkit 1 Flash Starter Kit programmer, which uses a USB cable for programming.
4) Yes, my POV did light up upon programming, but only 5 LEDs are working so far. They are flashing, and it is obvious that the POV is almost working correctly. Yes, I checked my circuit.
5) I believe that the problem lies in how my I/O pins are connected to the LEDs. Limor used a PIC16F630 in her original MiniPOV, and I am using a PIC16F684. I looked up the datasheets for each, and the applicable I/O pinouts are the same for both PICs. So it should work! I tried reading and understanding Limor's ASM code, but I hardly understand it at all due to my limited ASM programming experience. I think that I have simply connected the I/O pins to the wrong LEDs; they're just out of order. I'll try studying Limor's PCB to see which I/O pins go where. That should solve it, I think.
6 & 7) Labeled picture: http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8871/minipov1.png
*Sorry for the poor resolution; I need a new digital camera. This should suffice.

If anyone has any comments / suggestions, please e-mail me directly at samuelaaronward@gmail.com or even call me directly at (740) 357-8016 USA cell.

Thanks!
Aaron

[sparr]

My firmware includes a font, so you just type the text you want into a string variable and it gets rendered.

http://ladyada.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=8030

[akula169]

You can add my new text generator to the list:

http://www.repulsor.net/minipov/text/

It actually generates a PNG in the background with the selected TrueType font and reads the individual pixel data from that image to generate the code.

[adafruit]

neat