Documentation

Imports

Recommended way to import modules:

from ZeroSeg import screen, Button

• screen
  Main object to control screen.
• Button
  Class to control buttons.

Classes

Button()

Arguments

• button: str
  Accepted values: "left", "right".

Methods

• pressed()
  Get state of button.
  Returns: bool.

screen Object Methods

clear()

Clear all displayed content on screen.

brightness()

Change screen brightness.

Arguments

• intensity: int
  Accepted values: int 0 - 15.

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write_char()

Print any character (str) on any position.

Arguments

• char: str
  Accepted values: any str character.
  Default value: None.
• position: int
  Accepted values: int 1 - 8.
• dot: bool
  Show dot next to character.
  Default value: False.
• redraw: bool
  Force a redraw of all buffer items.
  Default value: True.

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write_number()

Similar to write_char() but for numbers.

Arguments

• value: float
  Accepted values: any float number (will be displayed as rounded int).
• base: int
  Default value: 10.
• decimal_places: int
  Number of places after comma.
  Default value: 1.
• zero_pad: bool
  Fill padding with zeros.
  Default value: False.
• left_justify: bool
  Justify to left part of screen.
  Default value: False.

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set_byte()

Low level mechanism to set a byte value in the buffer array.

Arguments

• value: int
  Accepted values: any int byte value 0 - 255.
• position: int
  Accepted values: int 1 - 8.
• redraw: bool
  Default value: True.

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rotate_left()

Scrolls the buffer one column to the left. If redraw is set to True will force a redraw of all buffer items.

Arguments

• redraw: bool
  Default value: True.

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rotate_right()

Similar to rotate_left() but in reverse direction.

Arguments

• redraw: bool
  Default value: True.

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scroll_left()

Scrolls the buffer one column to the left. Any data that scrolls off the left side is lost and does not re-appear on the right.

Arguments

• redraw: bool
  Default value: True.

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scroll_right()

Similar to scroll_left() but in reverse direction.

Arguments

• redraw: bool
  Default value: True.

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write_text()

Outputs the text as near as possible.

Arguments

• text: str
  Accepted values: any str not longer than 8 characters.

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write_blinking_text()

Similar to write_text() method but blinks message with specified time delays and times.

Arguments

• text: str
  Accepted values: any str not longer than 8 characters.
• delay_hide: float
  Default value: 0.4.
• delay_show: float
  Default value: 0.4.
• stop_after: int
  Default value: 5.

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show_message()

Transitions the text message from left-to-right.

Arguments

• text: str
  Accepted values: any str.
• delay: float
  Delay between "slides".