(dev) To Do List for next WLED-MM release

[softhack007]

Let's collect open ends that should be solved before we make the next MoonModules release.
From my view, these topics are currently important:

Upcoming WLED-MM Release

HUB75 "roundup":

• Integrate pinout for T7-S3 and related "MoonHUB" board
• User setting for "clock phase" (and if possible: dropdown for shiftReg driver) @netmindz
• merge & test Sync changes improvements in the AC-HUB75 back #169 @netmindz
• merge & test Hub75 virtual matrix panel #185 @netmindz

Generic bugs:

• FastPATH: solve problems with single-column/single-row effects on a 2D panel (currently not working / crashing) @softhack007
• test and merge Improved framerate control code - strip.show(), strip.service() #176 @softhack007
• FastPATH: find a workaround for "custom bus start indices" (currently only the first matching bus gets all pixels, others stay blank) @softhack007

Art-Net driver:

• Art-Net Improvements v2 #179 merge improved driver from @troyhacks

WLED "Dual Booting":

• ESP32 Dual Booting #157 Press "^" on the serial console to reboot to other OTA partition, if valid and exists. @troyhacks

Effects/1D Expands:

• new mapping mode "Waterfall" #197 @softhack007
• 3D GEQ #143 @troyhacks
• 2D Effect Snow Fall #147 @Brandon502
• Expand1D Arc - No holes #171 @Brandon502
• Game of Life Optimizations #181 @Brandon502
• cfce1c3 Drift speed optimization @softhack007
• audioreactive comet effect (from WLED-SR) #199 by @softhack007
• DNA new slider "phases" (by @ewoudwijma and @softhack007)
• 402786c GEQ "Flat Mode" for 1D strips @softhack007

Audio Hardware:

• AC101 audio support #144 @troyhacks

Optional (if time allows):

• merge (wip) AC minor patch cluster #2, and some goodies for 8266 #152 @softhack007

After Party (inform users about future)

• drop active support for 8266
• move to arduino-esp32 v2.0.14 (all builds including classic esp32)
• audioreactive: user-configurable low-cut filter frequency
• we might keep a few basic configs that are still OTA-compatible with upstream
• if possible: enable LTO (link time optimization) to save flash on 4MB builds --> size optimization for "V4" firmware (-flto) Aircoookie/WLED#4167
  • plan B: move to "512kB LittleFS" partition for all 4MB boards --> installer sites need updates, no OTA from Aircoookie WLED
• ESP32-C6 and ESP32-P4 support merged in (may be limited in output types for now)

Technical

• move to ESP-DSP for FFT routines
• remove old non-fastPath code (so every build is fastPath)
• use heap_caps_[mc]alloc_prefer() instead of [mc]alloc() - automatically uses PSRAM in case that normal RAM is not available
• ... or the reverse, always prefer PSRAM if we can accept the potential speed decreases, depending on hardware.
• Investigate hard-limits for memory so everything we need is allocated at boot, and we try to live within constraints
• Integrate Pinwheel2 Improvements to pinwheel algorithm, should work on any size and should also be faster Aircoookie/WLED#4185
• Image support: panel backdrops (jpg), animated pixelart (gif, maybe png)
• Possible H264 video (ESP32-P4, long way off right now, no useful code in IDF v5.3.1 yet)