Julian H / N5110

Modified N5110 library with the ability to the print strings at exact pxiel locations, not just at each bank

Fork of N5110 by Craig Evans

Credit to C.Evans for the original library (https://developer.mbed.org/users/eencae/code/N5110/)

Diff: N5110.cpp

Revision:
20:6550692c474f
Parent:
19:ba8addc061ea
--- a/N5110.cpp	Thu Apr 23 18:57:52 2015 +0000
+++ b/N5110.cpp	Fri May 06 14:58:03 2016 +0000
@@ -234,7 +234,38 @@
         refresh();  // this sends the buffer to the display and sets address (cursor) back to 0,0
     }
 }
+void N5110::printString_exact(const char * str,int x,int y)
+{
 
+        int n = 0 ; // counter for number of characters in string
+        int bankOffset = y%8;
+        int ybank0 = (y - bankOffset)/8;
+        int ybank1 = ybank0+1;
+        if (ybank0>=0 && ybank0<BANKS){
+        // loop through string and print character
+        while(*str) {
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < 5 ; i++ ) {//each charactor is 5 pixels wide 7 high
+                int pixel_x = x+i+n*6;
+                
+                if (pixel_x > WIDTH-1) // ensure pixel isn't outside the buffer size (0 - 83)
+                    break;
+                
+                buffer[pixel_x][ybank0] |= font5x7[(*str - 32)*5 + i]<<bankOffset;
+                if (ybank1>=0 && ybank1<BANKS && bankOffset>0){
+                buffer[pixel_x][ybank1] |= font5x7[(*str - 32)*5 + i]>>(8-bankOffset);    
+                }
+            }
+
+            str++;  // go to next character in string
+
+            n++;    // increment index
+
+        }
+
+     //   refresh();  // this sends the buffer to the display and sets address (cursor) back to 0,0
+    }
+}
 // function to print string at specified position
 void N5110::printString(const char * str,int x,int y)
 {