/// <summary>
/// Initializes the display for use as a big-number display.
/// Configures the display with some graphic blocks for the display of big numbers.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="romName">Name of the character Rom, required to properly print culture-specific characters in the small text display</param>
/// <param name="factory">Encoding factory or null</param>
public void InitForRom(string romName, LcdCharacterEncodingFactory?factory = null)
{
if (factory == null)
{
factory = new LcdCharacterEncodingFactory();
}
lock (_lock)
{
// Create the default encoding for the current ROM and culture, but leave the custom characters away.
var encoding = factory.Create(_culture, romName, ' ', 0);
Dictionary <byte, byte[]> specialGraphicsRequired = new Dictionary <byte, byte[]>();
CreateSpecialChars(specialGraphicsRequired);
for (byte i = 0; i < specialGraphicsRequired.Count; i++)
{
_lcd.CreateCustomCharacter(i, specialGraphicsRequired[i]);
}
_currentSeparationChar = ' '; // To make sure the next function doesn't just skip the initialization
LoadSeparationChar(_currentSeparationChar);
_encoding = encoding;
_lcd.BlinkingCursorVisible = false;
_lcd.UnderlineCursorVisible = false;
_lcd.BacklightOn = true;
_lcd.DisplayOn = true;
_lcd.Clear();
ReadCharacterMap();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Clears the screen and sets the cursor back to the start.
/// </summary>
public void Clear()
{
lock (_lock)
{
_lcd.Clear();
ClearStringBuffer();
SetCursorPosition(0, 0);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="LcdConsole"/> class using the specified LCD low-level interface.
/// This class automatically configures the low-level interface. Do not use the low-level interface at the same time.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="lcd">The low-level LCD interface.</param>
/// <param name="romType">Name of character ROM of display. Currently supported types: A00 and A02.</param>
/// <param name="shouldDispose">If the class should dispose the LCD driver when it is disposed. Defaults to true</param>
public LcdConsole(ICharacterLcd lcd, string romType, bool shouldDispose = true)
{
_lcd = lcd;
_shouldDispose = shouldDispose;
_romType = romType;
_characterEncoding = null;
Size = lcd.Size;
_currentData = new StringBuilder[Size.Height];
CursorLeft = 0;
CursorTop = 0;
ScrollUpDelay = TimeSpan.Zero;
_lock = new object();
_lcd.UnderlineCursorVisible = false;
_lcd.BlinkingCursorVisible = false;
_lcd.DisplayOn = true;
_lcd.BacklightOn = true;
ClearStringBuffer();
_lcd.Clear();
}
