Persistence of Vision (POV) made easy.

Dependencies:   m3pi mbed-rtos mbed

Revision:
1:38b399821b54
Child:
2:ba75502c4fdd
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+#ifndef M3PI_POV
+#define M3PI_POV
+
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+class pov: public Stream {
+    
+public:
+
+    /** Create the pov object connected to default pins.
+    * 
+    */
+    pov();
+    
+    /** Create the pov object connected to specific pins.
+    * 
+    *   @param l1 LED 1. Default is p13.
+    *   @param l2 LED 2. Default is p14.
+    *   @param l3 LED 3. Default is p15.
+    *   @param l4 LED 4. Default is p16.
+    *   @param l5 LED 5. Default is p17.
+    *   @param l6 LED 6. Default is p18.
+    *   @param l7 LED 7. Default is p19.
+    *   @param l8 LED 8. Default is p20.
+    */
+    pov(PinName l1, PinName l2, PinName l3, PinName l4, PinName l5, PinName l6,
+            PinName l7, PinName l8);
+
+    /** Initialise the POV display. Default right spin.
+     *
+     */
+    void init(void);
+
+    /** Initialise the POV display. 
+     *
+     *  @param spin A negative number for a spin to the left, a positive 
+     *              number or 0 for a spin to the right.
+     */
+    void init(int spin);
+
+    /** Stop the POV display.
+     *
+     */
+    void stop(void);
+
+    /** Display a string on the POV display.
+     *
+     *  @param text Text to display.
+     */
+    void display(char* text);
+
+private:
+
+    /** Get a the int array representation of a letter.
+     *
+     *  @param c The character to get the int array representation for.
+     */
+    char[] _get_char_arr(char c);
+
+};
+
+
+#endif //M3PI_POV