# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT # Basic example of using FrameBuffer to create and scroll text on the matrix. # Requires: adafruit_framebuf import adafruit_framebuf import board import busio # Import the HT16K33 LED matrix module. from adafruit_ht16k33 import matrix # Create the I2C interface. i2c = busio.I2C(board.SCL, board.SDA) # Create the matrix class. # This creates a 16x8 matrix: matrix = matrix.Matrix16x8(i2c) # Low brightness so it's easier to look at matrix.brightness = 0 # Clear the matrix. matrix.fill(0) text_to_show = "Hello Blinka" # Create a framebuffer for our display buf = bytearray(16) # 1 bytes tall x 16 wide = 16 bytes fb = adafruit_framebuf.FrameBuffer(buf, 16, 8, adafruit_framebuf.MVLSB) while True: for i in range(len(text_to_show) * 8): fb.fill(0) fb.text(text_to_show, -i + 16, 0, color=1) # turn all LEDs off matrix.fill(0) for x in range(16): # using the FrameBuffer text result bite = buf[x] for y in range(8): bit = 1 << y & bite # if bit > 0 then set the pixel brightness if bit: matrix[16 - x, y + 1] = 1