Hi,

I don't have an Inpulse watch yet but i'm going to start with the simulator, and i have a question regarding the SDK on the real hardware.

Is pulse_draw_image faster than pulse_draw_point24 for drawing the same image?
If yes, it is possible to build an PulseResource in RAM (if it does fit of course) to be passed to pulse_draw_image?

Thanks,
Tobé

No it isn't, keep in mind that pulse_draw_image also has to decode the data. I ran a speed test and it seems that drawing an image with pulse_draw_point24 is about 2-3 times faster than using pulse_draw_image.

Hello,

That's interresting, i was thinking about some packed bitmap formats such as greyscale/palettized and/or RLE encoded.

I have a suggestion for the SDK, do you think it's possible to add a function to skip a pixel ? It could be very handy for binary transparency.

Thanks,
Tobé

There's already a function in the SDK for that. Use pulse_draw_image_with_transparency(PulseResource image, uint8_t x, uint8_t y, color24_t transparent_color) where transparent_color is the color ignored when drawing the image.

I was thinking about something like pulse_skip_point24 to be used together with pulse_draw_point24.

Unfortunately we can't implement such a function due to the nature of drawing to the oled. You'll have to create a new drawing window for each pixel or row/column of pixels that you want drawn.