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This is the companion repo for running examples against the luma.emulator, luma.oled, luma.lcd and luma.led_matrix display drivers.

Assuming you are using a Raspberry Pi (running Debian Jessie or newer), follow the pre-requisites & instructions in the above repositories to wire up your display, then from a command-line:

$ sudo usermod -a -G i2c,spi,gpio pi
$ sudo apt install python-dev python-pip libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev build-essential
$ sudo apt install libsdl-dev libportmidi-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev
$ sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
$ sudo apt purge python-pip

Log out and in again and clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.examples.git
$ cd luma.examples

Finally, install the luma libraries using:

$ sudo -H pip install -e .

After cloning the repository, enter the examples directory and try running one of the following examples listed below. For example:

python examples/3d_box.py

By default, all the examples will asume I2C port 1, address 0x3C and the ssd1306 driver. If you need to use a different setting, these can be specified on the command line – each program can be invoked with a --help flag to show the options:

$ python examples/demo.py --help
usage: demo.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--display] [--width WIDTH]
               [--height HEIGHT] [--rotate] [--interface]
               [--i2c-port I2C_PORT] [--i2c-address I2C_ADDRESS]
               [--spi-port SPI_PORT] [--spi-device SPI_DEVICE]
               [--spi-bus-speed SPI_BUS_SPEED] [--gpio GPIO]
               [--gpio-data-command GPIO_DATA_COMMAND]
               [--gpio-reset GPIO_RESET] [--gpio-backlight GPIO_BACKLIGHT]
               [--block-orientation] [--mode] [--framebuffer] [--bgr]
               [--h-offset H_OFFSET] [--v-offset V_OFFSET]
               [--backlight-active] [--transform] [--scale SCALE]
               [--duration DURATION] [--loop LOOP] [--max-frames MAX_FRAMES]

luma.examples arguments

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

General:
  --config CONFIG, -f CONFIG
                        Load configuration settings from a file (default:
                        None)
  --display , -d        Display type, supports real devices or emulators.
                        Allowed values are: ssd1306, ssd1322, ssd1325,
                        ssd1331, ssd1351, sh1106, pcd8544, st7735, ht1621,
                        uc1701x, max7219, ws2812, neopixel, neosegment,
                        apa102, capture, gifanim, pygame, asciiart (default:
                        ssd1306)
  --width WIDTH         Width of the device in pixels (default: 128)
  --height HEIGHT       Height of the device in pixels (default: 64)
  --rotate , -r         Rotation factor. Allowed values are: 0, 1, 2, 3
                        (default: 0)
  --interface , -i      Serial interface type. Allowed values are: i2c, spi,
                        bitbang (default: i2c)

I2C:
  --i2c-port I2C_PORT   I2C bus number (default: 1)
  --i2c-address I2C_ADDRESS
                        I2C display address (default: 0x3C)

SPI:
  --spi-port SPI_PORT   SPI port number (default: 0)
  --spi-device SPI_DEVICE
                        SPI device (default: 0)
  --spi-bus-speed SPI_BUS_SPEED
                        SPI max bus speed (Hz) (default: 8000000)

GPIO:
  --gpio GPIO           Alternative RPi.GPIO compatible implementation (SPI
                        devices only) (default: None)
  --gpio-data-command GPIO_DATA_COMMAND
                        GPIO pin for D/C RESET (SPI devices only) (default:
                        24)
  --gpio-reset GPIO_RESET
                        GPIO pin for RESET (SPI devices only) (default: 25)
  --gpio-backlight GPIO_BACKLIGHT
                        GPIO pin for backlight (PCD8544, ST7735 devices only)
                        (default: 18)

Misc:
  --block-orientation   Fix 90° phase error (MAX7219 LED matrix only).
                        Allowed values are: 0, 90, -90, 180 (default: 0)
  --mode                Colour mode (SSD1322, SSD1325 and emulator only).
                        Allowed values are: 1, RGB, RGBA (default: RGB)
  --framebuffer         Framebuffer implementation (SSD1331, SSD1322, ST7735
                        displays only). Allowed values are: diff_to_previous,
                        full_frame (default: diff_to_previous)
  --bgr                 Set if LCD pixels laid out in BGR (ST7735 displays
                        only). (default: False)
  --h-offset H_OFFSET   Horizontal offset (in pixels) of screen to display
                        memory (ST7735 displays only) (default: 0)
  --v-offset V_OFFSET   Vertical offset (in pixels) of screen to display
                        memory (ST7735 displays only) (default: 0)
  --backlight-active    Set to "low" if LCD backlight is active low, else
                        "high" otherwise (PCD8544, ST7735 displays only).
                        Allowed values are: low, high (default: low)

Emulator:
  --transform           Scaling transform to apply (emulator only). Allowed
                        values are: identity, led_matrix, none, scale2x,
                        seven_segment, smoothscale (default: scale2x)
  --scale SCALE         Scaling factor to apply (emulator only) (default: 2)
  --duration DURATION   Animation frame duration (gifanim emulator only)
                        (default: 0.01)
  --loop LOOP           Repeat loop, zero=forever (gifanim emulator only)
                        (default: 0)
  --max-frames MAX_FRAMES
                        Maximum frames to record (gifanim emulator only)
                        (default: None)

There are various display emulators available for running code against, for debugging and screen capture functionality:

• The luma.emulator.device.capture device will persist a numbered PNG file to disk every time its display method is called.
• The luma.emulator.device.gifanim device will record every image when its display method is called, and on program exit (or Ctrl-C), will assemble the images into an animated GIF.
• The luma.emulator.device.pygame device uses the pygame library to render the displayed image to a pygame display surface.

Invoke the demos with:

$ python examples/clock.py --display capture

or:

$ python examples/clock.py --display pygame

Full documentation with installation instructions can be found in:

• https://luma-oled.readthedocs.io
• https://luma-lcd.readthedocs.io
• https://luma-led-matrix.readthedocs.io
• https://luma-core.readthedocs.io
• https://luma-emulator.readthedocs.io

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