Game of Life?

[aspro648]

I could have sworn I saw some code for Conway's Game of Life around here somewhere? Has anyone done this for the 8x8 board?

[oz]

I haven't heard about it from my customers. Lady Ada has a dedicated board for doing it though. That's what you may be remembering.

Paul

[nocnotcaught]

This may help?

http://arduino.pastebin.com/f22bfe94d

[oz]

I think that code is for a max 8x8 driver chip - unfortunately the data is in a different order. It could easily get you going on coding Game of Life though.

[nocnotcaught]

Is it possible to see, or download, or otherwise copy code that has been burned into an ATMEL chip like a 168 for example or just replicate the chip itself somehow?

[oz]

I have some serious work to do updating docs and writing some new apps for the 8x8. The game of life wouldn't be that big a deal and would be fun to watch.
It might even be cheaper than 4 of LadyAda's boards. Not going to happen for at least a month though.

Paul

[dataman]

I hear rumor that there's a new 8x8 library on the way.
Hmmm, sounds like game of life would be a great sample app.
Very evil grin!

[dataman]

Rumor confirmed...
It's example 5 of my panel8x8 library....
http://code.google.com/p/panel8x8