private void StatusUpdateTimer_Tick(object sender, object e)
{
var elapsed = (DateTime.Now - gameStart).TotalSeconds;
ssd.DrawString(elapsed.ToString("0.0"));
ssd.FrameDraw();
//timerDisplay.Send(SegmentEncoding.Integer, (int)elapsed.TotalSeconds);
}
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();
}
}
private async Task InitDisplay()
{
/* Initialize the display */
try
{
var driver = new MAX7219(2);
ssd = new SevenSegmentDisplay(driver);
ssd.FrameClear();
ssd.FrameDraw();
ssd.SetBrightness(10);
await SerialWriteAsync("Starting...");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("Display Initialization Failed", ex);
}
}