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espruino-adafruit-led-backpack

v1.1.0

Published

Espruino Driver for Adafruit's LED Matrix + Backpack

Downloads

13

Readme

espruino-adafruit-led-backpack

This is a driver that closely mirrors the Adafruit's LED Backpack Library.

This package currently works with Adafruit 8x8 and 16x8 Single Color LED Backpacks.

This library was tested on on the Small 1.2" 8x8 Ultra Bright Square White LED Matrix + Backpack, PRODUCT ID: 1857 and on the 16x8 1.2" Ultra Bright Square Green LED Matrix + Backpack.

This doesn't work with the 7-Segment backpacks.

Example Code for 8 x 8 Matrix

To use this library in the Espruino Web IDE you need to go to Settings > Communications > Check 'Load modules from NPM (BETA)'.

Here's some example code that mirrors the Adafruit's example code for the 8x8 Matrix example code for Arduino.

var Matrix8x8 = require("espruino-adafruit-led-backpack").Matrix8x8;

//Clock: B6 Data: B7 Device Address: 0x70, Brightness: 0-15
var matrix = new Matrix8x8({scl:B6, sda:B7, address:0x70, brightness: 0});

//Squint a little and you can see the faces!

// :)
var smileBmp = [
    0b00111100,
    0b01000010,
    0b10100101,
    0b10000001,
    0b10100101,
    0b10011001,
    0b01000010,
    0b00111100
],
//:|
    neutralBmp = [
    0b00111100,
    0b01000010,
    0b10100101,
    0b10000001,
    0b10111101,
    0b10000001,
    0b01000010,
    0b00111100
],
//:(
  frownBmp = [
    0b00111100,
    0b01000010,
    0b10100101,
    0b10000001,
    0b10011001,
    0b10100101,
    0b01000010,
    0b00111100
];

//Hacky scynchronous timeout :)
function delay(time) {
  var i = 0;
  while(i < time * 10) {  i++; }
}

//Run Example Code
function testDisplay() {
  //Draws Smiley Face
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawBitmap(smileBmp);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws Neutral Face
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawBitmap(neutralBmp);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws Frowny Face
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawBitmap(frownBmp);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws a pixel at the top left x = 0, y = 0
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawPixel(0, 0);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws a diagonal line between x1 = 0, y1 = 0 and x2 = 7, y2 = 7
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawLine(0,0, 7,7);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws a rectangle at x = 0, y = 0 and a witdth = 8 and height = 8
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawRect(0,0, 8,8);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);

  //Draws the same rectangle as abover with a filled in rectangle 4 by 4 starting at x = 2, y = 2
  matrix.clear();
  matrix.drawRect(0,0, 8,8);
  matrix.fillRect(2,2, 4,4);
  matrix.writeDisplay();
  delay(500);
}

testDisplay();

Here's a gif of the above code in action:

Example Code for 16x8 Matrix

var Matrix16x8 = require("espruino-adafruit-led-backpack").Matrix16x8;

var matrix = new Matrix16x8({scl:B6, sda:B7, address:0x70, brightness: 0});

// draw smile and frown side by side
var smileFrownBmp = [
    0b00111100, 0b00111100,
    0b01000010, 0b01000010,
    0b10100101, 0b10100101,
    0b10000001, 0b10000001,
    0b10100101, 0b10011001,
    0b10011001, 0b10100101,
    0b01000010, 0b01000010,
    0b00111100, 0b00111100
];

matrix.clear();
matrix.drawBitmap(smileFrownBmp);
matrix.writeDisplay();

The functions drawLine, drawPixel, drawRect and fillRect work the same as for the 8x8 Matrix except you can address up to 16 pixels on the x axis:

// Draws a diagonal line between x1 = 3, y1 = 3 and x2 = 15, y2 = 7
matrix.drawLine(3, 3, 15, 7);

Todos - A.K.A. Please Help

  • [ ] Finish Parity for 8 x 8 Display
    • [ ] drawCircle()
    • [ ] setTextWrap()
    • [ ] setTextColor()
    • [ ] setCursor()
    • [ ] print()
    • [ ] setRotation()
  • [ ] Implement 7 Segment Display