import random import time import board import displayio import framebufferio import rgbmatrix displayio.release_displays() def apply_life_rule(old, new): width = old.width height = old.height for y in range(height): yyy = y * width ym1 = ((y + height - 1) % height) * width yp1 = ((y + 1) % height) * width xm1 = width - 1 for x in range(width): xp1 = (x + 1) % width neighbors = ( old[xm1 + ym1] + old[xm1 + yyy] + old[xm1 + yp1] + old[x + ym1] + old[x + yp1] + old[xp1 + ym1] + old[xp1 + yyy] + old[xp1 + yp1]) new[x+yyy] = neighbors == 3 or (neighbors == 2 and old[x+yyy]) xm1 = x def randomize(output, fraction=0.50): for i in range(output.height * output.width): output[i] = random.random() < fraction # after xkcd's tribute to John Conway (1937-2020) https://xkcd.com/2293/ conway_data = [ b' +++ ', b' + + ', b' + + ', b' + ', b'+ +++ ', b' + + + ', b' + + ', b' + + ', b' + + ', ] def conway(output): for i in range(output.height * output.width): output[i] = 0 for i, si in enumerate(conway_data): y = output.height - len(conway_data) - 2 + i for j, cj in enumerate(si): output[(output.width - 8)//2 + j, y] = cj & 1 matrix = rgbmatrix.RGBMatrix( width=64, height=32, bit_depth=1, rgb_pins=[board.D6, board.D5, board.D9, board.D11, board.D10, board.D12], addr_pins=[board.A5, board.A4, board.A3, board.A2], clock_pin=board.D13, latch_pin=board.D0, output_enable_pin=board.D1) display = framebufferio.FramebufferDisplay(matrix, auto_refresh=False) SCALE = 1 b1 = displayio.Bitmap(display.width//SCALE, display.height//SCALE, 2) b2 = displayio.Bitmap(display.width//SCALE, display.height//SCALE, 2) palette = displayio.Palette(2) tg1 = displayio.TileGrid(b1, pixel_shader=palette) tg2 = displayio.TileGrid(b2, pixel_shader=palette) g1 = displayio.Group(max_size=3, scale=SCALE) g1.append(tg1) display.show(g1) g2 = displayio.Group(max_size=3, scale=SCALE) g2.append(tg2) palette[1] = 0xffffff conway(b1) display.auto_refresh = True time.sleep(3) n = 40 while True: for _ in range(n): display.show(g1) apply_life_rule(b1, b2) display.show(g2) apply_life_rule(b2, b1) randomize(b1) palette[0] = 0 palette[1] = ( (0x0000ff if random.random() > .33 else 0) | (0x00ff00 if random.random() > .33 else 0) | (0xff0000 if random.random() > .33 else 0)) or 0xffffff n = 200