def print_to_LCDScreen (message):
try:
lcd = Adafruit_CharLCD()
lcd.begin(16,2)
for x in range(0, 16):
for y in range(0, 2):
lcd.setCursor(x, y)
lcd.message('>')
time.sleep(.025)
lcd.noDisplay()
lcd.clear()
lcd.message(str(message))
for x in range(0, 16):
lcd.DisplayLeft()
lcd.display()
for x in range(0, 16):
lcd.scrollDisplayRight()
time.sleep(.05)
# lcd.noDisplay()
# lcd.display()
# lcd.blink()
# lcd.noCursor()
# lcd.clear()
# lcd.noBlink()
# lcd.begin(16, 2)
# lcd.setCursor(7, 0)
# lcd.message('123')
# lcd.message('x')
# lcd.clear()
return 'ok'
except Exception,e:
return e
led.clear()
# turn LED off
led.backlight(led.OFF)
# Initiate Display
bus = 1 # Note you need to change the bus number to 0 if running on a revision 1 Raspberry Pi.
address = 0x20 # I2C address of the MCP230xx chip.
gpio_count = 8 # Number of GPIOs exposed by the MCP230xx chip, should be 8 or 16 depending on chip.
mcp = MCP230XX_GPIO(bus, address, gpio_count)
# Initialize the LCD plate. Should auto-detect correct I2C bus. If not,
# pass '0' for early 256 MB Model B boards or '1' for all later versions
lcd = Adafruit_CharLCD(pin_rs=1, pin_e=2, pins_db=[3,4,5,6], GPIO=mcp)
# turn lcd off
lcd.display()
# prepare next message and set LED red
led.clear()
led.message("ahutest")
led.backlight(led.RED)
# turn lcd back on
lcd.noDisplay()
sleep(3)
# change lcd mesasge
led.clear()
led.autoscroll()
led.message("Daniel ist doof! super doof! mega doof! hyper doof!")
led.autoscroll()
