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@ -390,12 +390,9 @@ widgets, fonts and demos can also be trimmed, but the directory structure must
be kept.
There is scope for speeding loading and saving RAM by using frozen bytecode.
Once again, directory structure must be maintained. An example directory
structure, pruned to contain a minimum of files, may be seen
[here](https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-nano-gui#4-esp8266).
For reasons that are unclear, freezing the display driver can lead to
instability. For this reason it is recommended to freeze the gui tree only.
The entire `gui` tree may be frozen but the directory structure must be
maintained. For reasons that are unclear freezing display drivers does not
work. For fexibility, consider keeping `hardware_setup.py` in the filesystem.
###### [Contents](./README.md#0-contents)
@ -403,9 +400,15 @@ instability. For this reason it is recommended to freeze the gui tree only.
#### RAM usage
The largest supported display is a 320x240 ILI9341 unit. On a Pi Pico with no
use of frozen bytecode the demos run with about 70K of free RAM. Substantial
improvements can be achieved on all platforms by using frozen bytecode.
Running the `linked_sliders` demo, the code uses about 23,000 bytes with frozen
bytecode and 55,000 bytes without. To this must be added the size of the frame
buffer. This can readily be calculated. For example in the case of the ILI9341
(a 240x320 pixel unit whose driver uses 4-bit color) the buffer size is
`240x320/2 = 38,400` bytes.
A Pico shows ~182000 bytes free with no code running. With `linked_sliders`
running on an ILI9341 display, it shows 120,896 bytes free with frozen
bytecode and 88,640 bytes free without.
#### Speed