#MeasureDisplay
fathom thicket
terminalio.FONT, color=0xFFFFFF, x=28, y=HEIGHT // 2 - 1, text = "DIST:" + dist that works, I can see the DIST on the display but no while loop while True:
Draw a label
dist = str(us100.distance)
text = "DIST:" + dist
text_area.text
summer flower
Please post your code starting with the dummy_value= line. Surround it with back-ticks, the things that look like apostrophes but slant to the left. (On my keybard it's the character below the ~, on the upper row left of the 1 key.)
Three back-ticks, newline, paste your code, new line, three more back-ticks
Or just upload your program to the same place as before, whatever works
fathom thicket
Please post your code starting with the `dummy_value=` line. Surround it with ba...
This seems faster this way.
summer flower
OK, you're missing the setting of the dummy value, missing the text parameter inside the label.Label call, and the last line should set text_area.text to text
The dummy value is important, because whatever is set as the value of text in the label.Label call will allocate screen space for just as many characters as are in that text value. That's why the dummy value has to be longer (in character count than any string you would get from dist inside the True loop.
The way the code is currently written, there's no room for any characters at all.
What is str(us100.distance) going to look like, for the largest value you expect?
fathom thicket
6
summer flower
The string "6", or 6 digits?
Is us100.distance an integer, or a floating point number?
fathom thicket
That would be string since I convert a number to str and that number is 999.88
summer flower
ok, so change the first line under # Draw a label to
dummy_dist = "999.88"
Then right after it, add the line
dummy_text = "DIST: " + dummy_dist
Then, inside the parentheses of the label.Label call, replace the value of the text parameter with dummy_text.
Then the very last line should be
text_area.text = text
fathom thicket
Blank box on screen
summer flower
What you just posted doesn't show any of the changes
Actually, it shows the dummy_* things, but in the wrong place.
fathom thicket
try again - it worked this time
summer flower
Can you tell me what's still wrong?
I mean, look at your code and tell me why it doesn't work
fathom thicket
No display of the ultrasonic sensor distance
summer flower
What's wrong with the label.Label call?
fathom thicket
it passes the dummy_test filled with text and space
summer flower
Yeah, it's actaully ok, just some formatting problems.
Why are dummy_dist and dummy_text inside the while True loop? (I missed that they were also above)
Q: can they be deleted?
fathom thicket
yes
summer flower
right. Q: What's wrong with the very last line?
fathom thicket
got me, a ;
summer flower
What is text_area.text being set to?
summer flower
It should be getting set to text from the line right above it.
fathom thicket
test_area.text = text
summer flower
Bingo!
fathom thicket
Thanks Rimwolf! I can only hope but at my age maybe not.
summer flower
How old are you? (I'm guessing I'm older)
fathom thicket
72
summer flower
ok, same age, for another 10 days
(I'm retired from a whole career of stuff like this, though)
fathom thicket
Oracle programmer, now circuit board design and embedded MCU stuff with CAT M1 to keep busy
summer flower
"CAT M1"?
fathom thicket
Did I mention the Rowley compiler I purchased last week... LTE CAT M1 IOT very low band width devices that take very little power but can work where ever phones work, $5 a month plans at low numbers, way cheaper than Satellite.
summer flower
compiler? (That means a piece of software to me) Sounds interesting
Just googled CAT M1 -- I'd never heard of it
fathom thicket
ARM bare metal compiling for MCU devices - Check out the Artemis Sparkfun MCU 6ua stuff. The F405 Feather is using .03Ah running that OLED and sensor.
summer flower
Ah. C and/or C++, I presume?
fathom thicket
CrossStudio Rowley, C/C++ ASM with the ability to import IAR and Keil projects plus they can now compile/build from Arduino ino projects then debug them.
summer flower
Sounds interesting. I've thought that something like the Teensy 4.1 (600MHz Arm Cortex-M7) would be a great platform for music synth stuff -- lots of heavy DSP for some of the more interesting synth techniques
So you have C/C++ in your background?
fathom thicket
Doesn't everyone? Look at the STM32MP157 dual ARM 7 at 800Mhz with an M4F for DSP
summer flower
🙂 Yeah, I actually spent a couple of decades writing compilers & related software development tools in C
Noted re the STM32 chip
Then Python and Java came along
fathom thicket
Then you would enjoy CrossStudio, fast and not cluttered. When Java came out I was already into PHP for the back-end with the Databases, I left the user interfaces for the graphic people. My C/C++ skills are hit and miss over the years, going to dive in again for the M1 + Apollo project hence the CrossStudio purchase.
summer flower
Is that a job, a hobby, or somewhere in between, if I may ask?
fathom thicket
Hobby to pass time, less expensive than motorcycle or boating and a lot safer. I am the water manager for a irrigation company during the summer, the devices measure water usage and monitor the reservoir for issues. The fun part is flying drones looking for rodents...
summer flower
Nice! I have not (yet) had the chance to fly a drone.