Revision 2:ffe5cf2557e3, committed 2016-12-22

Comitter:

maclobdell

Date:

Thu Dec 22 20:34:41 2016 +0000

Parent:

1:dd1d1b64b9a5

Child:

3:f9fbd8054caa

Commit message:

now able to scroll a string across both matrix (2 x 16) x 8 = 32 x 8

Changed in this revision

--- a/main.cpp	Wed Dec 21 18:25:03 2016 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Thu Dec 22 20:34:41 2016 +0000
@@ -14,75 +14,37 @@
 
 int main() {
 
-/*    matrix[0].begin(0x70);
-    //while(1) 
-//    {
-        matrix[0].clear();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-          for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
-              matrix.drawPixel(i, j, LED_ON);  
-              matrix.writeDisplay();  // write the changes we just made to the display
-              Thread::wait(10);
-          }
-        }
-
-        matrix2.begin(0x71);
-        matrix2.clear();
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-          for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
-              matrix2.drawPixel(i, j, LED_ON);  
-              matrix2.writeDisplay();  // write the changes we just made to the display
-              Thread::wait(10);
-          }
-        }
-        
-*/
         matrix2.begin(0x71);
         matrix2.clear();
         matrix2.writeDisplay();
-//        matrix2.writeChar('A');
-//       matrix2.writeDisplay();
-//        Thread::wait(10);
-
+        
         matrix.begin(0x70);
         matrix.clear();
         matrix.writeDisplay();
-//        matrix.writeChar('A');
-//        matrix.writeChar('B');
-//        matrix.writeChar('C');                
-//        matrix.writeDisplay();
         
-         char buffer [50];
-         sprintf (buffer, "Hello\0");
+        char buffer [50];
+        sprintf (buffer, "Hello\0");
         scrollText(buffer,strlen(buffer));
 
-//    }
 }
 
 void scrollText(char * buffer, uint8_t buf_len)
 {
-    uint8_t x_pos;
-    uint8_t m;
-    char c;
     
     //pc.printf("buffer = %s, len = %d\r\n", buffer, buf_len);
-
-    //Need to start at the end and draw backwards, each time scrolling one pixel to the right
-    // then, stop when get to first character.      
-    //find example
     
     /* code inspired by LOLShield library */
-    int xoff=31;/* set offset to the right end of the screen*/
-    for(int i=0; i<buf_len*5 +52; i++){ /*scrolling loop*/
-        for(int j=0; j<buf_len; j++){ /*loop over all of the chars in the text*/
-            if(xoff + j*6 <32)
+    int xoff=31;/* set offset to the right end of the screen - must be signed*/
+    for(int i=0; i< (31 + buf_len*6 +10); i++){ /*scrolling loop*/
+         for(int j=0; j<buf_len; j++){ /*loop over all of the chars in the text*/
+            if(xoff > 15){
+                matrix2.drawChar(xoff + j*6 - 16, 0, buffer[j], 1, 0, 1);
+                matrix2.writeDisplay();
+            }else
             {
                 matrix.drawChar(xoff + j*6, 0, buffer[j], 1, 0, 1);
                 matrix.writeDisplay();
-            }else
-            {
-                matrix2.drawChar(xoff + j*6-32, 0, buffer[j], 1, 0, 1);
+                matrix2.drawChar(xoff + j*6 - 16, 0, buffer[j], 1, 0, 1);
                 matrix2.writeDisplay();
             }    
         }
@@ -90,7 +52,5 @@
         Thread::wait(70);
         matrix.clear();
         matrix2.clear();
-    }
-
-    
+    }    
 }