(dev) To Do List for next WLED-MM release #175
Description
Let's collect open ends that should be solved before we make the next MoonModules release.
From my view, these topics are currently important:
Upcoming WLED-MM Release
HUB75 "roundup":
- Integrate pinout for T7-S3 and related "MoonHUB" board
- User setting for "clock phase" (and if possible: dropdown for shiftReg driver) @netmindz
- merge & test Sync changes improvements in the AC-HUB75 back #169 @netmindz
- merge & test Hub75 virtual matrix panel #185 @netmindz
Generic bugs:
- FastPATH: solve problems with single-column/single-row effects on a 2D panel (currently not working / crashing) @softhack007
- test and merge Improved framerate control code - strip.show(), strip.service() #176 @softhack007
- FastPATH: find a workaround for "custom bus start indices" (currently only the first matching bus gets all pixels, others stay blank) @softhack007
Art-Net driver:
- Art-Net Improvements v2 #179 merge improved driver from @troyhacks
WLED "Dual Booting":
- ESP32 Dual Booting #157 Press "^" on the serial console to reboot to other OTA partition, if valid and exists. @troyhacks
Effects/1D Expands:
- new mapping mode "Waterfall" #197 @softhack007
- 3D GEQ #143 @troyhacks
- 2D Effect Snow Fall #147 @Brandon502
- Expand1D Arc - No holes #171 @Brandon502
- Game of Life Optimizations #181 @Brandon502
- cfce1c3 Drift speed optimization @softhack007
- audioreactive comet effect (from WLED-SR) #199 by @softhack007
- DNA new slider "phases" (by @ewoudwijma and @softhack007)
- 402786c GEQ "Flat Mode" for 1D strips @softhack007
Audio Hardware:
Optional (if time allows):
After Party (inform users about future)
- drop active support for 8266
- move to arduino-esp32 v2.0.14 (all builds including classic esp32)
- audioreactive: user-configurable low-cut filter frequency
- we might keep a few basic configs that are still OTA-compatible with upstream
- if possible: enable LTO (link time optimization) to save flash on 4MB builds --> size optimization for "V4" firmware (-flto) wled/WLED#4167
- plan B: move to "512kB LittleFS" partition for all 4MB boards --> installer sites need updates, no OTA from Aircoookie WLED
- ESP32-C6 and ESP32-P4 support merged in (may be limited in output types for now)
Technical
- move to ESP-DSP for FFT routines
- remove old non-fastPath code (so every build is fastPath)
- use heap_caps_[mc]alloc_prefer() instead of [mc]alloc() - automatically uses PSRAM in case that normal RAM is not available
- ... or the reverse, always prefer PSRAM if we can accept the potential speed decreases, depending on hardware.
- Investigate hard-limits for memory so everything we need is allocated at boot, and we try to live within constraints
- Integrate Pinwheel2 Improvements to pinwheel algorithm, should work on any size and should also be faster wled/WLED#4185
- Image support: panel backdrops (jpg), animated pixelart (gif, maybe png)
- Possible H264 video (ESP32-P4, long way off right now, no useful code in IDF v5.3.1 yet)