adafruit-circuitpython-magtag

Introduction

Helper library for the Adafruit MagTag.

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle.

Usage Example

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Scott Shawcroft, written for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
import time
import terminalio
from adafruit_magtag.magtag import MagTag

magtag = MagTag()

magtag.add_text(
    text_font=terminalio.FONT,
    text_position=(
        50,
        (magtag.graphics.display.height // 2) - 1,
    ),
    text_scale=3,
)

magtag.set_text("Hello World")

buttons = magtag.peripherals.buttons
button_colors = ((255, 0, 0), (255, 150, 0), (0, 255, 255), (180, 0, 255))
button_tones = (1047, 1318, 1568, 2093)
timestamp = time.monotonic()

while True:
    for i, b in enumerate(buttons):
        if not b.value:
            print("Button %c pressed" % chr((ord("A") + i)))
            magtag.peripherals.neopixel_disable = False
            magtag.peripherals.neopixels.fill(button_colors[i])
            magtag.peripherals.play_tone(button_tones[i], 0.25)
            break
    else:
        magtag.peripherals.neopixel_disable = True
    time.sleep(0.01)

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.

Metadata

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