#show custom character
import machine
from machine import Pin, SoftI2C
from lcd_api import LcdApi
from i2c_lcd import I2cLcd
from time import sleep

I2C_ADDR = 0x27
totalRows = 4
totalColumns = 20

i2c = SoftI2C(scl=Pin(22), sda=Pin(21), freq=10000) #initializing the I2C method for ESP32
#i2c = I2C(scl=Pin(5), sda=Pin(4), freq=10000) #initializing the I2C method for ESP8266

lcd = I2cLcd(i2c, I2C_ADDR, totalRows, totalColumns)

chess=bytearray([0x0A,0x15,0x0A,0x15,0x0A,0x15,0x0A,0x15])
special=bytearray([  0x00,0x15,0x1B,0x0A,0x0B,0x0B,0x0A,0x0A])

lcd.custom_char(0,chess)
lcd.custom_char(1,special)
lcd.move_to(0,1)
lcd.putstr(chr(0)+"ESP32 with i2c lcd"+chr(1))