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I have gone through what is available on GitHub from [tomazas], [yarivkeinan], and [grigorig] which seem to be the only tools available for working with these kits. I have worked out how to reprogram the MCU via the STC-ISP application (which only seems to support uploading .hex files), as well as controling and making animations in the DotMatrixJavaapp (from [tomazas]). The DotMatrixJava app doesn't have any method for saving your animations as anything other than a "3DAnimation Record" (*.dat) file. While this is just a text file containing the HEX values, it is no good for programming the MCU with as it is only the animation values and nothing else. On the Python based "stcgal" app from [grigorig], I can not figure how to use this at all.
Is there anything on these inter-webs to help a beginner program custom animations for these cubes?
Please feel free to comment, ANY help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Absolutelyautomation
Dejan Stankovic
Jacob MacLeod
WestfW
I feel your pain, as I am in exactly the same position as you. I am about to try communicating with my cube, but if I erase it's original program, it's bricked as a stand alone unit.
I saw on Github something about "original Chinese software" so presumably both people like me, and those who got a kit with an un-programmed chip in, (and those that blew up their chip, replacing it with a new one) should be OK. From there it seems a fairly simple matter to modify the pattern and check it will load and do that, as a stand alone.
After that, adding a whole bunch of custom patterns would be the next step. Having 60k to play with, should be enough for some awesome displays. I am guessing that you could just tag on a large sequence, into the original software. If you have made any progress, please post an update. I will too, if things go according to plan.