I just learned that if I use the hardware SPI on pins 11 and 13 with the LPD8806 strip, I can get faster write speeds.
How much faster are we talking? 1.2 times faster? 5 times faster? 20 times faster?
LPD8806 Software vs Hardware SPI
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LPD8806 Software vs Hardware SPI
by philihp » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:53 am
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Re: LPD8806 Software vs Hardware SPI
by pburgess » Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:23 pm
Roughly 3- to 4-ish times faster; I haven't done any detailed benchmarks to nail down a more specific figure.
Keep in mind this is strictly the I/O time. If your sketch is doing other tasks (e.g. generating color data for the LEDs), that part of the code is going to occupy the same time regardless, so the overall speed difference when using hardware SPI will be somewhat less than the above figure.
Keep in mind this is strictly the I/O time. If your sketch is doing other tasks (e.g. generating color data for the LEDs), that part of the code is going to occupy the same time regardless, so the overall speed difference when using hardware SPI will be somewhat less than the above figure.
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