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supporting_files/framebuf-test.py

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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Melissa LeBlanc-Williams, written for Adafruit Industries
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""
+Be sure to check the learn guides for more usage information.
+ 
+This example is for use on (Linux) computers that are using CPython with
+Adafruit Blinka to support CircuitPython libraries. CircuitPython does
+not support PIL/pillow (python imaging library)!
+ 
+Author(s): Melissa LeBlanc-Williams for Adafruit Industries
+"""
+import board
+import neopixel
+from PIL import Image
+from adafruit_pixel_framebuf import PixelFramebuffer
+ 
+pixel_pin = board.D18
+pixel_width = 8
+pixel_height = 16
+ 
+pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(
+    pixel_pin, pixel_width * pixel_height, brightness=0.1, auto_write=False,
+)
+pixel_framebuf = PixelFramebuffer(pixels, pixel_width, pixel_height, reverse_x=True,alternating=True)
+pixel_framebuf.fill(0x000000)
+pixel_framebuf.display()
+pixel_framebuf.text("H", 0, 0, 0x00FF00)
+pixel_framebuf.display()
+pixel_framebuf.text("i", 0, 8, 0x00FF00)
+pixel_framebuf.display()
+
+
+

supporting_files/pilReadTest

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+Jaki is the best.

supporting_files/piltest.py

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+#Created by Justin Healy
+#Based on logic from jsheperd from https://stackoverflow.com/a/27753869/190597
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import string
+from PIL import Image
+from PIL import ImageFont
+from PIL import ImageDraw
+import numpy as np
+
+def char_to_pixels(text, path, fontsize):
+   
+    font = ImageFont.truetype(path, fontsize) 
+    w, h = font.getsize(text)  
+    image = Image.new('L', (w, h), 1)  
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
+    draw.text((0, 0), text, font=font) 
+    arr = np.asarray(image)
+    arr = np.where(arr, 0, 1)
+    arr = arr[(arr != 0).any(axis=1)]
+    return arr
+
+def display(arr):
+    result = np.where(arr, '1', '0')
+    print("This gives an Array of Arrays, where reach contained Array is a row")
+    print(result)
+    print()
+    print('\n'.join([''.join(row) for row in result]))
+
+#I have used static coding successfully, now to set this as more reusable declarations rather than hard coding.
+#Single Source to change for everything
+#Read from file?    
+fileName = "pilReadTest"
+pullFile =  open(fileName,"r")  
+someString = pullFile.read()
+#Font Path?
+fontPath = "fonts/FreeMonoBold.ttf"
+#font Size?
+fontSize = 12
+#print("This was what was found in the File: "+str(someString))
+#print()
+#print("Now putting each letter of the found string through the PIL Image Module")
+#print()
+for c in someString:
+    arr = char_to_pixels(c,fontPath,fontSize)
+    print()
+    #This is the grid size results (w,h)
+    print(arr.shape)
+    print()
+    #print("This is the converted values of the AofAs, for each ROW in Result, the end product")
+    display(arr)
+    print()