Robert Bui / Multi_WS2811

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Fork of Multi_WS2811 by Richard Thompson

Diff: WS2811.h

Revision:
6:3b5b8a367f40
Parent:
5:7e40afd8d533
Child:
7:58623ad7f310
diff -r 7e40afd8d533 -r 3b5b8a367f40 WS2811.h
--- a/WS2811.h	Wed Apr 02 11:57:56 2014 +0000
+++ b/WS2811.h	Wed Apr 02 12:16:42 2014 +0000
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@
 * WS2811/WS2812/WS2812B
 * LED Strip controller\n
 * For FRDM-KL25Z and FRDM-KL46Z
+
+ RAM usage:\n
+ Per individual LED: 3 bytes (malloc'd) for RGB data
+
+ Strip length per LED:\n
+          24 bytes (static) for bit data\n
+        + 24 bytes (static) for ones data\n
+        = 48 bytes
+
+        240 LEDs max per string = 11,520 bytes static
+
+      One string:\n
+        240 LEDs  : 11520 + 240*3 = 12,240 bytes
+
+      Eight strings:\n
+        240*8 LEDs: 11520 + (240*3) * 8 = 17,280 bytes
 */
 class WS2811 : public LedStrip
 {