diff --git a/PlasmaNew/replica/README.md b/PlasmaNew/replica/README.md
index e0f3173..928c317 100644
--- a/PlasmaNew/replica/README.md
+++ b/PlasmaNew/replica/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,31 @@ VPlasma.Wire capture --port COM12 --out session.bin --tee COM3
Then `render`/`replay` `session.bin` like any other stream.
+**Auto-compare** a photo (cropped to the glass) against the golden image, or
+two streams against each other — each is reduced to 128×32 and diffed:
+
+```sh
+VPlasma.Wire diff --a demo-golden.png --b panel-photo.png --out delta.png
+# prints "differing dots=N/4096 match=XX%", writes a red-on-mismatch image,
+# exits 1 if they differ. Inputs may be .bin (ESC P) / .png / .txt (bitmap=).
+```
+
+### Authoring plasma content (from TeslaSuite's plasma tools)
+
+Generate display content from text or images and push it over the wire:
+
+```sh
+# Text in a Windows font, auto-sized to the panel → preview PNG + ESC P + hex:
+VPlasma.Wire text --text "ALERT 12" --font "Arial" --png a.png --bin a.bin --hex a.txt
+VPlasma.Wire replay --in a.bin --port COM7 # show it on the replica
+
+# An image → the ESC P wire stream (and/or the game's bitmap= encoding):
+VPlasma.Wire encode --in logo.png --bin logo.bin --hex logo.txt
+
+# A bitmap= encoding → a preview PNG (and/or ESC P):
+VPlasma.Wire decode --in logo.txt --png logo.png
+```
+
Still deferred (as in vPLASMA, documented in `../FIRMWARE.md`): the 10
double-buffered pages (`ESC I`/`ESC i` are consumed but single-page) and the
vector-graphics primitives (`ESC A`–`F`).
diff --git a/tools/VPlasma.Wire/PlasmaBitmap.cs b/tools/VPlasma.Wire/PlasmaBitmap.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57ff0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/VPlasma.Wire/PlasmaBitmap.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
+using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+using System.Drawing.Text;
+using System.Text;
+using VPlasma.Core.Device;
+using VPlasma.Core.Protocol;
+
+namespace VPlasma.Wire;
+
+///
+/// Plasma bitmap authoring — ported from TeslaSuite's PlasmaBitmaps
+/// (the console's Plasma Font Tool / Bitmap Decoder / Editor). Renders text in
+/// a Windows font to a 1bpp panel bitmap, converts bitmaps to and from the
+/// game's bitmap= hex encoding, and bridges either to an ESC P
+/// wire stream the display (or vPLASMA / the replica) can show.
+///
+internal static class PlasmaBitmap
+{
+ public const string DefaultFont = "Microsoft Sans Serif";
+
+ ///
+ /// Render centered in a ×
+ /// 1bpp image, auto-shrinking the font to fit —
+ /// the Plasma Font Tool's behavior.
+ ///
+ public static Bitmap RenderText(int width, int height, string fontName, string text)
+ {
+ var bmp = new Bitmap(width, height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
+ using var g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
+ g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.None;
+ g.InterpolationMode = InterpolationMode.NearestNeighbor;
+ g.TextRenderingHint = TextRenderingHint.SingleBitPerPixelGridFit;
+ g.Clear(Color.Black);
+
+ var rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, width, height);
+ using var fmt = new StringFormat { Alignment = StringAlignment.Center, LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center };
+ for (int size = 24; ; size = size <= 2 ? size / 2 : size - 2)
+ {
+ using var font = new Font(fontName, Math.Max(1, size));
+ SizeF sz = g.MeasureString(text, font);
+ if (size <= 1 || (sz.Width <= width && sz.Height <= height))
+ {
+ g.DrawString(text, font, Brushes.White, rect, fmt);
+ return bmp;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// Threshold an image to a × on/off grid.
+ public static bool[,] ToGrid(Bitmap src, int w, int h, double threshold)
+ {
+ using var scaled = new Bitmap(w, h, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
+ using (var g = Graphics.FromImage(scaled))
+ {
+ g.InterpolationMode = src.Width == w && src.Height == h
+ ? InterpolationMode.NearestNeighbor : InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
+ g.DrawImage(src, 0, 0, w, h);
+ }
+ var grid = new bool[w, h];
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
+ grid[x, y] = scaled.GetPixel(x, y).GetBrightness() >= threshold;
+ return grid;
+ }
+
+ /// The game's bitmap= hex encoding (MSB-first, 8 px/byte).
+ public static string ToHexEncoding(bool[,] grid)
+ {
+ int w = grid.GetLength(0), h = grid.GetLength(1);
+ if (w % 8 != 0)
+ throw new ArgumentException("width must be a multiple of 8");
+ var sb = new StringBuilder();
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ {
+ sb.Append("bitmap=");
+ for (int j = 0; j < w / 8; j++)
+ {
+ byte b = 0;
+ for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++)
+ if (grid[j * 8 + k, y]) b |= (byte)(0x80 >> k);
+ sb.Append(b.ToString("X2"));
+ }
+ sb.Append('\n');
+ }
+ sb.Append($"x={w}\n");
+ sb.Append($"y={h}\n");
+ return sb.ToString();
+ }
+
+ /// Parse a bitmap=/x=/y= encoding back to a grid.
+ public static bool[,] FromHexEncoding(string text)
+ {
+ var rows = new List();
+ int declaredX = 0, declaredY = 0;
+ foreach (string raw in text.Split('\n'))
+ {
+ string line = raw.Trim();
+ if (line.StartsWith("bitmap=", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+ {
+ string hex = line.Substring("bitmap=".Length).Trim();
+ var bytes = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
+ for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
+ bytes[i] = Convert.ToByte(hex.Substring(i * 2, 2), 16);
+ rows.Add(bytes);
+ }
+ else if (line.StartsWith("x=", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+ int.TryParse(line.Substring(2), out declaredX);
+ else if (line.StartsWith("y=", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+ int.TryParse(line.Substring(2), out declaredY);
+ }
+ if (rows.Count == 0)
+ throw new ArgumentException("no 'bitmap=' rows found");
+ int w = declaredX > 0 ? declaredX : rows[0].Length * 8;
+ int h = declaredY > 0 ? declaredY : rows.Count;
+ var grid = new bool[w, h];
+ for (int y = 0; y < h && y < rows.Count; y++)
+ for (int j = 0; j < rows[y].Length && j * 8 < w; j++)
+ for (int k = 0; k < 8 && j * 8 + k < w; k++)
+ grid[j * 8 + k, y] = (rows[y][j] & (0x80 >> k)) != 0;
+ return grid;
+ }
+
+ ///
+ /// Pack a grid into an ESC P wire stream (clear + cursor-off + one
+ /// full-width row per line), the way L4PLASMA streams a frame.
+ ///
+ public static byte[] ToEscP(bool[,] grid)
+ {
+ int w = grid.GetLength(0), h = grid.GetLength(1);
+ int wbytes = (w + 7) / 8;
+ var b = new List
+ {
+ PlasmaProtocol.Esc, PlasmaProtocol.CmdCursorMode, 0x00, // hide cursor
+ PlasmaProtocol.Esc, PlasmaProtocol.CmdClearScreen,
+ };
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ {
+ b.Add(PlasmaProtocol.Esc);
+ b.Add(PlasmaProtocol.CmdGraphicsWrite);
+ b.Add(0); // screen
+ b.Add((byte)y); // y
+ b.Add(0); // x byte
+ b.Add((byte)wbytes); // width in bytes
+ b.Add(1); // one row
+ for (int j = 0; j < wbytes; j++)
+ {
+ byte v = 0;
+ for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++)
+ if (j * 8 + k < w && grid[j * 8 + k, y]) v |= (byte)(0x80 >> k);
+ b.Add(v);
+ }
+ }
+ return b.ToArray();
+ }
+
+ /// Render a grid to a plasma-orange PNG (for previews / decoding).
+ public static void SaveGridPng(bool[,] grid, string path, int scale)
+ {
+ int w = grid.GetLength(0), h = grid.GetLength(1);
+ int pitch = scale, dot = Math.Max(1, scale - 2);
+ using var bmp = new Bitmap(w * pitch, h * pitch, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
+ using var g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
+ g.Clear(Color.FromArgb(26, 14, 6));
+ using var unlit = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(46, 24, 10));
+ using var lit = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 106, 26));
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
+ g.FillRectangle(grid[x, y] ? lit : unlit, x * pitch, y * pitch, dot, dot);
+ bmp.Save(path, ImageFormat.Png);
+ }
+
+ /// Reduce a rendered vPLASMA frame (flag bytes) to an on/off grid.
+ public static bool[,] FrameToGrid(byte[] frame)
+ {
+ var grid = new bool[VPlasmaDevice.Width, VPlasmaDevice.Height];
+ for (int y = 0; y < VPlasmaDevice.Height; y++)
+ for (int x = 0; x < VPlasmaDevice.Width; x++)
+ grid[x, y] = (frame[y * VPlasmaDevice.Width + x] & VPlasmaDevice.PixelLit) != 0;
+ return grid;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/tools/VPlasma.Wire/Program.cs b/tools/VPlasma.Wire/Program.cs
index a857b5b..ffaa1d0 100644
--- a/tools/VPlasma.Wire/Program.cs
+++ b/tools/VPlasma.Wire/Program.cs
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ internal static class Program
case "render": return Render(a);
case "replay": return Replay(a);
case "capture": return Capture(a);
+ case "text": return TextCmd(a);
+ case "encode": return Encode(a);
+ case "decode": return Decode(a);
+ case "diff": return Diff(a);
case "-h" or "--help" or "help": return Usage();
default:
Console.Error.WriteLine($"Unknown command '{args[0]}'.");
@@ -233,6 +237,159 @@ internal static class Program
return 0;
}
+ // ---- text: render text (Windows font) to a plasma bitmap ---------------
+ // (TeslaSuite's Plasma Font Tool)
+
+ private static int TextCmd(Args a)
+ {
+ string text = a.Require("text");
+ string fontName = a.Get("font", PlasmaBitmap.DefaultFont);
+ (int w, int h) = ParseSize(a.Get("size", "128x32"));
+ double thresh = a.GetDouble("threshold", 0.5);
+
+ using Bitmap bmp = PlasmaBitmap.RenderText(w, h, fontName, text);
+ bool[,] grid = PlasmaBitmap.ToGrid(bmp, w, h, thresh);
+ WriteBitmapOutputs(a, grid, defaultPng: null);
+ Console.WriteLine($"Rendered \"{text}\" ({fontName}) into {w}×{h}.");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ // ---- encode: image file → plasma bitmap encoding / ESC P ----------------
+
+ private static int Encode(Args a)
+ {
+ string inPath = a.Require("in");
+ (int w, int h) = ParseSize(a.Get("size", "128x32"));
+ double thresh = a.GetDouble("threshold", 0.5);
+
+ using var src = new Bitmap(inPath);
+ bool[,] grid = PlasmaBitmap.ToGrid(src, w, h, thresh);
+ WriteBitmapOutputs(a, grid, defaultPng: null);
+ Console.WriteLine($"Encoded {inPath} ({src.Width}×{src.Height}) → {w}×{h} plasma bitmap.");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ // ---- decode: plasma bitmap encoding → PNG / ESC P -----------------------
+ // (TeslaSuite's Plasma Bitmap Decoder)
+
+ private static int Decode(Args a)
+ {
+ string inPath = a.Require("in");
+ bool[,] grid = PlasmaBitmap.FromHexEncoding(File.ReadAllText(inPath));
+ int scale = a.GetInt("scale", 8);
+
+ string png = a.Get("png", "");
+ if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(png))
+ png = Path.ChangeExtension(inPath, ".png");
+ PlasmaBitmap.SaveGridPng(grid, png, scale);
+ if (a.Get("bin", "") is { Length: > 0 } bin)
+ File.WriteAllBytes(bin, PlasmaBitmap.ToEscP(grid));
+ Console.WriteLine($"Decoded {inPath} ({grid.GetLength(0)}×{grid.GetLength(1)}) → {png}");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ // Emit whichever of --png / --bin (ESC P) / --hex outputs were requested.
+ private static void WriteBitmapOutputs(Args a, bool[,] grid, string? defaultPng)
+ {
+ string png = a.Get("png", defaultPng ?? "");
+ if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(png))
+ {
+ PlasmaBitmap.SaveGridPng(grid, png, a.GetInt("scale", 8));
+ Console.WriteLine($" png → {png}");
+ }
+ if (a.Get("bin", "") is { Length: > 0 } bin)
+ {
+ File.WriteAllBytes(bin, PlasmaBitmap.ToEscP(grid));
+ Console.WriteLine($" ESC P stream → {bin}");
+ }
+ if (a.Get("hex", "") is { Length: > 0 } hex)
+ {
+ File.WriteAllText(hex, PlasmaBitmap.ToHexEncoding(grid));
+ Console.WriteLine($" bitmap= encoding → {hex}");
+ }
+ }
+
+ // ---- diff: compare two frames / images against the golden ---------------
+
+ private static int Diff(Args a)
+ {
+ double thresh = a.GetDouble("threshold", 0.5);
+ bool[,] ga = LoadAsGrid(a.Require("a"), thresh);
+ bool[,] gb = LoadAsGrid(a.Require("b"), thresh);
+ int w = ga.GetLength(0), h = ga.GetLength(1);
+ if (gb.GetLength(0) != w || gb.GetLength(1) != h)
+ {
+ Console.Error.WriteLine($"Size mismatch: A is {w}×{h}, B is {gb.GetLength(0)}×{gb.GetLength(1)}.");
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ int diff = 0, litA = 0, litB = 0;
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
+ {
+ if (ga[x, y]) litA++;
+ if (gb[x, y]) litB++;
+ if (ga[x, y] != gb[x, y]) diff++;
+ }
+ int total = w * h;
+ double matchPct = 100.0 * (total - diff) / total;
+ Console.WriteLine($"A lit={litA} B lit={litB} differing dots={diff}/{total} match={matchPct:F2}%");
+
+ string outPng = a.Get("out", "");
+ if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outPng))
+ {
+ int scale = a.GetInt("scale", 8);
+ int pitch = scale, dot = Math.Max(1, scale - 2);
+ using var bmp = new Bitmap(w * pitch, h * pitch, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);
+ using var g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp);
+ g.Clear(Color.FromArgb(20, 12, 6));
+ using var match = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 106, 26)); // both lit
+ using var off = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(40, 22, 10)); // both off
+ using var miss = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 40, 40)); // differ
+ for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
+ for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
+ {
+ Brush br = ga[x, y] != gb[x, y] ? miss : (ga[x, y] ? match : off);
+ g.FillRectangle(br, x * pitch, y * pitch, dot, dot);
+ }
+ bmp.Save(outPng, ImageFormat.Png);
+ Console.WriteLine($"diff image (red = differing dots) → {outPng}");
+ }
+ return diff == 0 ? 0 : 1;
+ }
+
+ // Load a .bin (ESC P stream → vPLASMA frame), an image, or a bitmap= .txt
+ // encoding, all reduced to a 128×32 on/off grid.
+ private static bool[,] LoadAsGrid(string path, double threshold)
+ {
+ string ext = Path.GetExtension(path).ToLowerInvariant();
+ switch (ext)
+ {
+ case ".bin":
+ {
+ var device = new VPlasmaDevice();
+ byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(path);
+ device.OnReceived(data, data.Length);
+ var frame = new byte[VPlasmaDevice.Width * VPlasmaDevice.Height];
+ device.CopyFrame(frame);
+ return PlasmaBitmap.FrameToGrid(frame);
+ }
+ case ".txt":
+ return PlasmaBitmap.FromHexEncoding(File.ReadAllText(path));
+ default: // an image (png/bmp/jpg): threshold to 128×32
+ using (var img = new Bitmap(path))
+ return PlasmaBitmap.ToGrid(img, VPlasmaDevice.Width, VPlasmaDevice.Height, threshold);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static (int, int) ParseSize(string s)
+ {
+ string[] p = s.ToLowerInvariant().Split('x');
+ if (p.Length == 2 && int.TryParse(p[0], out int w) && int.TryParse(p[1], out int h))
+ return (w, h);
+ throw new ArgumentException($"--size must look like 128x32, got '{s}'");
+ }
+
// ---- tiny arg parser ---------------------------------------------------
private sealed class Args
@@ -256,6 +413,8 @@ internal static class Program
public bool Has(string k) => _flags.Contains(k) || _kv.ContainsKey(k);
public string Get(string k, string dflt) => _kv.TryGetValue(k, out var v) ? v : dflt;
public int GetInt(string k, int dflt) => _kv.TryGetValue(k, out var v) && int.TryParse(v, out var n) ? n : dflt;
+ public double GetDouble(string k, double dflt) =>
+ _kv.TryGetValue(k, out var v) && double.TryParse(v, out var n) ? n : dflt;
public string Require(string k) => _kv.TryGetValue(k, out var v)
? v : throw new ArgumentException($"--{k} is required");
}
@@ -280,9 +439,28 @@ internal static class Program
Log live traffic to a file; --tee forwards it on to the
real display so capture is non-intrusive. Ctrl+C to stop.
+ text --text "HELLO" [--font "Microsoft Sans Serif"] [--size 128x32]
+ [--png p.png] [--bin s.bin] [--hex b.txt]
+ Render text (auto-sized Windows font) to a plasma bitmap;
+ emit a preview PNG, an ESC P wire stream, and/or the
+ game's bitmap= hex encoding. (TeslaSuite Plasma Font Tool)
+
+ encode --in img.png [--size 128x32] [--threshold 0.5]
+ [--bin s.bin] [--hex b.txt] [--png p.png]
+ Convert an image to a plasma bitmap (ESC P / bitmap= hex).
+
+ decode --in b.txt [--png out.png] [--bin s.bin] [--scale 8]
+ Render a bitmap= encoding back to a PNG (and/or ESC P).
+ (TeslaSuite Plasma Bitmap Decoder)
+
+ diff --a A --b B [--out diff.png] [--threshold 0.5] [--scale 8]
+ Compare two frames/images/encodings (.bin / .png / .txt),
+ each reduced to 128×32; report differing dots and write a
+ diff image (red = mismatch). Exit 1 if they differ.
+
Differential test: `synth` a stream once, `render` the golden PNG,
- `replay` the same stream to the replica and to the real panel, and
- compare the three.
+ `replay` it to the replica and the real panel, photograph each, and
+ `diff` the (cropped) photos against the golden.
""");
return 0;
}