// Use the MD_MAX72XX library to Print some text on the display
//
// Demonstrates the use of the library to print text.
//
// User can enter text on the serial monitor and this will display as a
// message on the display.
#include <MD_MAX72xx.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <MD_DS3231.h>
#include "SafeString.h"
const byte ShowHello = 0;
const byte wait1 = 1;
const byte ShowWorld = 2;
const byte wait2 = 3;
const byte ShowTime = 4;
const byte wait3 = 5;
const char myStateNames[][16] = {
"ShowHello",
"wait1",
"ShowWorld",
"wait2",
"ShowTime",
"wait3"
};
byte myStateVar = ShowHello;
unsigned long myWaitTimer;
cSF(myMessage_SS,8);
#define PRINT(s, v) { Serial.print(F(s)); Serial.print(v); }
// Define the number of devices we have in the chain and the hardware interface
// NOTE: These pin numbers will probably not work with your hardware and may
// need to be adapted
#define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::PAROLA_HW
#define MAX_DEVICES 4
#define CLK_PIN 13 // or SCK
#define DATA_PIN 11 // or MOSI
#define CS_PIN 10 // or SS
// SPI hardware interface
MD_MAX72XX mx = MD_MAX72XX(HARDWARE_TYPE, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);
// Arbitrary pins
//MD_MAX72XX mx = MD_MAX72XX(HARDWARE_TYPE, DATA_PIN, CLK_PIN, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);
// Text parameters
#define CHAR_SPACING 1 // pixels between characters
// Global message buffers shared by Serial and Scrolling functions
#define BUF_SIZE 75
char message[BUF_SIZE] = "Hello!";
bool newMessageAvailable = true;
void printText(uint8_t modStart, uint8_t modEnd, char *pMsg)
// Print the text string to the LED matrix modules specified.
// Message area is padded with blank columns after printing.
{
uint8_t state = 0;
uint8_t curLen;
uint16_t showLen;
uint8_t cBuf[8];
int16_t col = ((modEnd + 1) * COL_SIZE) - 1;
mx.control(modStart, modEnd, MD_MAX72XX::UPDATE, MD_MAX72XX::OFF);
do // finite state machine to print the characters in the space available
{
switch(state)
{
case 0: // Load the next character from the font table
// if we reached end of message, reset the message pointer
if (*pMsg == '\0')
{
showLen = col - (modEnd * COL_SIZE); // padding characters
state = 2;
break;
}
// retrieve the next character form the font file
showLen = mx.getChar(*pMsg++, sizeof(cBuf)/sizeof(cBuf[0]), cBuf);
curLen = 0;
state++;
// !! deliberately fall through to next state to start displaying
case 1: // display the next part of the character
mx.setColumn(col--, cBuf[curLen++]);
// done with font character, now display the space between chars
if (curLen == showLen)
{
showLen = CHAR_SPACING;
state = 2;
}
break;
case 2: // initialize state for displaying empty columns
curLen = 0;
state++;
// fall through
case 3: // display inter-character spacing or end of message padding (blank columns)
mx.setColumn(col--, 0);
curLen++;
if (curLen == showLen)
state = 0;
break;
default:
col = -1; // this definitely ends the do loop
}
} while (col >= (modStart * COL_SIZE));
mx.control(modStart, modEnd, MD_MAX72XX::UPDATE, MD_MAX72XX::ON);
}
void setup() {
mx.begin();
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
myStateMachine();
}
void myStateMachine() {
printStateOnChange(myStateVar);
switch (myStateVar) {
case ShowHello:
myMessage_SS = "Hello";
printText(0, MAX_DEVICES-1, myMessage_SS.c_str() );
myStateVar = wait1;
break;
case wait1:
if (TimePeriodIsOver(myWaitTimer,1000) ) {
myStateVar = ShowWorld;
}
break;
case ShowWorld:
myMessage_SS = "World";
printText(0, MAX_DEVICES-1, myMessage_SS.c_str() );
myStateVar = wait2;
break;
case wait2:
if (TimePeriodIsOver(myWaitTimer,1000) ) {
myStateVar = ShowTime;
}
break;
case ShowTime:
RTC.readTime();
myMessage_SS = RTC.h;
myMessage_SS += ":";
myMessage_SS += RTC.m;
printText(0, MAX_DEVICES-1, myMessage_SS.c_str() );
myStateVar = wait3;
break;
case wait3:
if (TimePeriodIsOver(myWaitTimer,1000)) {
myStateVar = ShowHello;
}
break;
}
}
// easy to use helper-function for non-blocking timing
boolean TimePeriodIsOver (unsigned long &startOfPeriod, unsigned long TimePeriod) {
unsigned long currentMillis = millis();
if ( currentMillis - startOfPeriod >= TimePeriod ) {
// more time than TimePeriod has elapsed since last time if-condition was true
startOfPeriod = currentMillis; // a new period starts right here so set new starttime
return true;
}
else return false; // actual TimePeriod is NOT yet over
}
void printStateOnChange(byte p_actualState) {
static byte lastState;
if (lastState != p_actualState) {
Serial.print("state changed from ");
Serial.print(myStateNames[lastState]);
Serial.print(" to ");
Serial.print(myStateNames[p_actualState]);
Serial.println();
lastState = p_actualState;
}
}