#!/usr/bin/python # Example using a character LCD plate. import time import Adafruit_CharLCD as LCD # Initialize the LCD using the pins lcd = LCD.Adafruit_CharLCDPlate() # create some custom characters lcd.create_char(1, [2, 3, 2, 2, 14, 30, 12, 0]) lcd.create_char(2, [0, 1, 3, 22, 28, 8, 0, 0]) lcd.create_char(3, [0, 14, 21, 23, 17, 14, 0, 0]) lcd.create_char(4, [31, 17, 10, 4, 10, 17, 31, 0]) lcd.create_char(5, [8, 12, 10, 9, 10, 12, 8, 0]) lcd.create_char(6, [2, 6, 10, 18, 10, 6, 2, 0]) lcd.create_char(7, [31, 17, 21, 21, 21, 21, 17, 31]) # Show some basic colors. lcd.set_color(1.0, 0.0, 0.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('RED \x01') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(0.0, 1.0, 0.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('GREEN \x02') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(0.0, 0.0, 1.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('BLUE \x03') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(1.0, 1.0, 0.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('YELLOW \x04') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(0.0, 1.0, 1.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('CYAN \x05') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(1.0, 0.0, 1.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('MAGENTA \x06') time.sleep(3.0) lcd.set_color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0) lcd.clear() lcd.message('WHITE \x07') time.sleep(3.0) # Show button state. lcd.clear() lcd.message('Press buttons...') # Make list of button value, text, and backlight color. buttons = ( (LCD.SELECT, 'Select', (1,1,1)), (LCD.LEFT, 'Left' , (1,0,0)), (LCD.UP, 'Up' , (0,0,1)), (LCD.DOWN, 'Down' , (0,1,0)), (LCD.RIGHT, 'Right' , (1,0,1)) ) print('Press Ctrl-C to quit.') while True: # Loop through each button and check if it is pressed. for button in buttons: if lcd.is_pressed(button[0]): # Button is pressed, change the message and backlight. lcd.clear() lcd.message(button[1]) lcd.set_color(button[2][0], button[2][1], button[2][2])