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MicroPython Cookbook

You're reading from  MicroPython Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649951
Pages 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Marwan Alsabbagh Marwan Alsabbagh
Profile icon Marwan Alsabbagh

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Getting started with MicroPython 2. Controlling LEDs 3. Creating Sound and Music 4. Interacting with Buttons 5. Reading Sensor Data 6. Button Bash Game 7. Fruity Tunes 8. Let's Move It, Move It 9. Coding on the micro:bit 10. Controlling the ESP8266 11. Interacting with the Filesystem 12. Networking 13. Interacting with the Adafruit FeatherWing OLED 14. Building an Internet of Things (IoT) Weather Machine 15. Coding on the Adafruit HalloWing Microcontroller 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Drawing lines and rectangles on the display

This recipe will demonstrate how to use the methods that come with the SSD1306_I2C object, which will let us draw horizontal lines, vertical lines, squares, and rectangles. We can now move beyond setting individual pixels and explore drawing a wider range of shapes using the methods that come out of the box with the adafruit_ssd1306 display library.

You will find this recipe useful for when you want to draw some different shapes; for example, to build a simple user interface on the display. There is enough resolution on the display to draw a number of boxes and borders that represent different parts of your user interface.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the ESP8266...

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