# Copyright (c) 2014 Adafruit Industries # Author: Tony DiCola # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. import time from Adafruit_LED_Backpack import SevenSegment # Create display instance on default I2C address (0x70) and bus number. display = SevenSegment.SevenSegment() # Alternatively, create a display with a specific I2C address and/or bus. # display = SevenSegment.SevenSegment(address=0x74, bus=1) # Initialize the display. Must be called once before using the display. display.begin() # Run through different number printing examples. print 'Press Ctrl-C to quit.' numbers = [0.0, 1.0, -1.0, 0.55, -0.55, 10.23, -10.2, 100.5, -100.5] while True: # Print floating point values with default 2 digit precision. for i in numbers: # Clear the display buffer. display.clear() # Print a floating point number to the display. display.print_float(i) # Write the display buffer to the hardware. This must be called to # update the actual display LEDs. display.write_display() # Delay for a second. time.sleep(1.0) # Print the same numbers with 1 digit precision. for i in numbers: display.clear() display.print_float(i, decimal_digits=1) display.write_display() time.sleep(1.0) # Print the same numbers with no decimal digits and left justified. for i in numbers: display.clear() display.print_float(i, decimal_digits=0, justify_right=False) display.write_display() time.sleep(1.0) # Run through some hex digits. for i in range(0xFF): display.clear() display.print_hex(i) display.write_display() time.sleep(0.5)