public static void ApiDemoDisplay(ILiquidCrystal lc, int x, int y, string text, bool clear = true, int waitTime = 1000)
{
if (clear)
{
lc.Clear();
}
if (text.Length > lc.NumCols)
{
var p = lc.NumCols - 1;
while (p > 0 & text[p] != ' ')
{
p--;
}
if (p == 0)
{
p = lc.NumCols - 1;
}
lc.Print(x, y, text.Substring(0, p));
lc.Print(x, y + 1, text.Substring(p).TrimStart());
}
else
{
lc.Print(x, y, text);
}
if (waitTime > 0)
{
TimePeriod.Sleep(waitTime);
}
}
public static void ProgressBarDemo(ILiquidCrystal lc)
{
lc.Clear();
lc.Print(0, 0, "Working hard...");
for (var p = 0; p <= 100; p += 10)
{
lc.ProgressBar(0, 1, 10, p, string.Format("{0}% ", p.ToString("000")));
TimePeriod.Sleep(150);
if (Console.KeyAvailable)
{
lc.Clear();
return;
}
}
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000);
lc.Clear();
}
public static void CustomCharDemo(ILiquidCrystal lc)
{
var smiley = new List <string>()
{
"B00000",
"B10001",
"B00000",
"B00000",
"B10001",
"B01110",
"B00000",
"B00000",
};
lc.CreateChar(0, BitUtil.ParseBinary(smiley).ToArray());
lc.Clear();
lc.Write(0);
lc.Write(0xF4);
lc.Write(0xFF);
lc.Write(0xFF);
}
public static void NusbioRocks(ILiquidCrystal lc, int wait = 180)
{
var autoScrollDemoText1 = "Nusbio for .NET rocks or what?";
lc.Clear();
lc.Autoscroll();
lc.SetCursor(lc.NumCols, 0);
try {
foreach (var c in autoScrollDemoText1)
{
lc.Print(c.ToString());
TimePeriod.Sleep(wait);
if (Console.KeyAvailable)
{
return;
}
}
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000);
}
finally{
lc.NoAutoscroll();
lc.Clear();
}
}
public static void ApiDemo(ILiquidCrystal lc)
{
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, " -- Api Demo --");
// Display text
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Display text on line 0 and 1");
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, DateTime.Now.ToString("d"), waitTime: 0);
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 1, DateTime.Now.ToString("T"), clear: false);
if (lc.NumLines > 2)
{
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 2, DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd"), clear: false);
}
if (lc.NumLines > 3)
{
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 3, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(DateTime.Now.Month), clear: false);
}
// Turn display on / off
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "About to turn the display off", waitTime: 2000);
lc.NoDisplay();
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000);
lc.Display();
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Display turned on");
// Flash Screen
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "About to flash the screen ...", waitTime: 2000);
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Flashing the screen ...", waitTime: 0);
lc.Flash(10);
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000);
// Cursor Blink Demo
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Cursor blink mode on");
lc.Blink();
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000 * 4);
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Cursor blink mode off");
lc.NoBlink();
// Cursor Demo
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Display Cursor");
lc.Cursor();
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000);
for (var i = 0; i < 15; i++)
{
lc.SetCursor(i, 0); TimePeriod.Sleep(300);
}
for (var i = 15; i >= 0; i--)
{
lc.SetCursor(i, 0); TimePeriod.Sleep(300);
}
TimePeriod.Sleep(1000 * 1);
lc.NoCursor();
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Cursor off");
// Autoscroll demo
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Autoscroll Demo", waitTime: 2000);
NusbioRocks(lc);
// Progress Bar Demo
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "Progress Bar Demo");
ProgressBarDemo(lc);
ApiDemoDisplay(lc, 0, 0, "-- Demo Done --");
}
public static void NusbioRocksOrWhat(ILiquidCrystal lc)
{
lc.Clear();
lc.Print(-1, 0, "Nusbio for .NET");
lc.Print(-1, 1, "rocks or what!");
}
