public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance) {
_deferral = taskInstance.GetDeferral(); // get the deferral handle
int count = 0;
MAX7219 driver = new MAX7219(2);
SevenSegmentDisplay ssd = new SevenSegmentDisplay(driver);
BMP180 bmp = new BMP180(BMP180.Mode.HIGHRES);
ssd.FrameClear();
ssd.FrameDraw();
ssd.SetBrightness(4);
while (true) {
temperature = bmp.Temperature.DegreesCelsius;
data.Clear();
// is temperature less than 3 digits and there is a decimal part too then right pad to 5 places as decimal point does not take up a digit space on the display
if (temperature < 100 && temperature != (int)temperature) { data.Append($"{Math.Round(temperature, 1)}C".PadRight(5)); }
else { data.Append($"{Math.Round(temperature, 0)}C".PadRight(4)); }
data.Append(Math.Round(bmp.Pressure.Hectopascals, 0));
if (blink = !blink) { data.Append("."); } // add a blinking dot on bottom right as an I'm alive indicator
ssd.DrawString(data.ToString());
ssd.DrawString(count++, 1);
ssd.FrameDraw();
Task.Delay(2000).Wait();
}
}
public void Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance taskInstance)
{
_deferral = taskInstance.GetDeferral();
LED8x8Matrix matrix = new LED8x8Matrix(driver);
BMP180 tempAndPressure = new BMP180();
while (true)
{
var message = $"{Math.Round(tempAndPressure.Temperature.DegreesCelsius, 1)}C, {Math.Round(tempAndPressure.Pressure.Hectopascals, 1)}hPa ";
matrix.ScrollStringInFromRight(message, 70);
}
}
protected async void InitBanner()
{
matrix = new LED8x8Matrix(new Ht16K33());
strip = new LED8x8Matrix(new MAX7219(4, MAX7219.Rotate.None, MAX7219.Transform.HorizontalFlip));
matrix.SetBrightness(1);
strip.SetBrightness(1);
bmp180 = new BMP180(); // init temp and air pressure
await InitLightAdc(); // init ldr on ads1015 adc
ShowTempPressure();
ShowLightLevel();
}