Non-sequential rows/columns about md_max72xx HOT 2 CLOSED

The MD_MAX72xx library does not cater for nonsequential mapping like you have created.

Changing it to be more general would be a ton of work. I think it would be easier to rewire your matrices or find another MAX72xx library that does support random mappings. I don't know any that do, so if you find one please let me know.

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Thanks Marco. I think you're right, in the Arduino world everyone seems to make the hardware align. I come from a custom keyboard background and in the keyboard firmware world it's common have two arrays, one for the actual data to be sent and another for the ordering of the LEDs. There's a small performance overhead in populating the second array but it's never been a problem even with complicated animations. Even an atmega32u4 was able to run complicated animations while also scanning a keyboard matrix.

I guess I will order new boards, luckily I only soldered one of them so desoldering it shouldn't be too bad.

Thanks for the answer!

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