Example Programs

bitarray.py

An example using map_bitarray_to_rgb565 to draw sprites

bitmap_fonts.py

Cycles through all characters of four bitmap fonts on the display

chango.py

Proportional font test for font2bitmap converter.

clock.py

Displays a clock over a background image on the display.

The buttons on the module can be used to set the time.

Background images courtesy of the NASA image and video gallery available at
https://images.nasa.gov/

The Font is Copyright 2018 The Pacifico Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Pacifico)
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

feathers.py

Smoothly scroll rainbow-colored mirrored random curves across the display.

hello.py

Writes "Hello!" in random colors at random locations on the display.

hershey.py

Demo program that draws greetings on display cycling thru hershey fonts and colors.

jpg.py

Draw a full screen jpg using the slower but less memory intensive method of blitting
each Minimum Coded Unit (MCU) block. Usually 8×8pixels but can be other multiples of 8.

bigbuckbunny.jpg (c) copyright 2008, Blender Foundation / www.bigbuckbunny.org

mono_fonts.py

mono_fonts.py test for monofont2bitmap converter and bitmap method. This is the older method of
converting monofonts to bitmaps.  See the newer method in prop_fonts/chango.py that works with
mono and proportional fonts using the write method.

noto_fonts.py

Writes the names of three Noto fonts centered on the display
using the font. The fonts were converted from True Type fonts using
the font2bitmap utility.

proverbs.py

Displays what I hope are chinese proverbs in simplified chinese to test UTF-8 font support.

roids.py

Asteroids style game demo using polygons.

scroll.py

Smoothly scroll all characters of a font up the display.
Fonts heights must be even multiples of the screen height (i.e. 8 or 16 pixels high).

tiny_toasters.py

Flying Tiny Toasters for smaller displays (like the ST7735)

Uses spritesheet from CircuitPython_Flying_Toasters pendant project
https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-sprite-animation-pendant-mario-clouds-flying-toasters

Convert spritesheet bmp to tft.bitmap() method compatible python module using:
    python3 ./sprites2bitmap.py ttoasters.bmp 32 32 4 > ttoast_bitmaps.py

toasters.py

Flying Toasters

Uses spritesheet from CircuitPython_Flying_Toasters pendant project
https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-sprite-animation-pendant-mario-clouds-flying-toasters

Convert spritesheet bmp to tft.bitmap() method compatible python module using:
    python3 ./sprites2bitmap.py toasters.bmp 64 64 4 > toast_bitmaps.py

toasters_jpg.py

An example using a jpg sprite map to draw sprites on T-Display.  This is an older version of the
toasters.py and tiny_toasters example.  It uses the jpg_decode() method to grab a bitmap of each
sprite from the toaster.jpg sprite sheet.

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/0uWsjKQmCpU

spritesheet from CircuitPython_Flying_Toasters
https://learn.adafruit.com/circuitpython-sprite-animation-pendant-mario-clouds-flying-toasters

watch.py

Analog Watch Display using jpg for the face and filled polygons for the hands
Requires face_{width}x{height}.jpg in the same directory as this script. See the create_face.py
script for creating a face image for a given sized display.

Previous version video: https://youtu.be/NItKb6umMc4