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I've got a MAX7456 chip and I am using this (this is the unmodified one) library with it. There's a sketch inside the examples folder (Max7456WriteTable) that I need to get to work to update the character table.

I modified three lines and then I got really stuck as I do not know how to continue. This is the modified one.

In file included from Max7456Write.ino:2:0:
/tmp/build4608284042510222737.tmp/sketch/Max7456WriteTable.h:29:69153: warning: narrowing conversion of '243' from 'int' to 'const char' inside { } is ill-formed in C++11 [-Wnarrowing]

This happens for every item in the array. But that is not the only problem. (I'll skip a few hundred lines)

/tmp/build8855411239666100148.tmp/sketch/Max7456Write.cpp.o: In function `setup':
/home/t/Max7456Write.ino:13: undefined reference to `Max7456::Max7456(unsigned char)'
/home/t/Max7456Write.ino:19: undefined reference to `Max7456::activateOSD(bool)'
/home/t/Max7456Write.ino:44: undefined reference to `Max7456::getCARACFromProgMem(char const*, unsigned char, unsigned char*)'
/home/t/Max7456Write.ino:46: undefined reference to `Max7456::sendCharacter(unsigned char const*, unsigned char, unsigned char)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Error compiling.

It takes a huge amount of time for it to abort the compilation.

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  • github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/…
    – Gerben
    Aug 16, 2015 at 14:23
  • @Gerben I tried everything I could, it does not compile. I tried changing what is mentioned in the wiki page, it still does not work. The array no matter what I try either complains "duplicate const" or "not constant" or "invalid conversion from int to const char". As a newbie this is way too complex for me.
    – Avamander
    Aug 16, 2015 at 14:39
  • Yeah, it now works when I nuked my install.
    – Avamander
    Aug 18, 2015 at 7:30

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If I change prog_uchar to unsigned char in both max7456.h and max7456.cpp the hello world example sketch compiles.

In Max7456WriteTable change

Max7456::getCARACFromProgMem(i,currentChar); //Because the table is too big for ram memory

osd->sendCharacter(currentChar,i); //We send currentChar at address i.

to 

Max7456::getCARACFromProgMem(tableOfAllCharacters, i,currentChar); //Because the table is too big for ram memory

osd->sendCharacter(currentChar,i, 0); //We send currentChar at address i.

0 is probably the wrong value, but at least it compiles.

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  • Did that already. Check my second download link for my current progress.
    – Avamander
    Aug 16, 2015 at 16:23
  • Just move the contents of Max7456WriteTable.h to Max7456WriteTable.ino, and adding #include <SPI.h> makes the second download compile.
    – Gerben
    Aug 16, 2015 at 18:11
  • Are you using IDE 1.6.6?
    – Avamander
    Aug 16, 2015 at 21:44
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    1.6.3. I updated to 1.6.6 and still compiles. dropbox.com/s/d3d0mkasvqrea8k/max7456.zip?dl=0
    – Gerben
    Aug 17, 2015 at 9:58
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    I updated my Arduino IDE version, wiped all libraries, redownloaded them, nuked all configurations and dynamic links I've created to keep consistency in my projects. It now finally works.
    – Avamander
    Aug 17, 2015 at 20:26

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