""" micronEC: Simple, easy-to-use hardware counter. Raspberry Pico basis. 16*2 LCD display. micronEC. Copyright (C) 2023 Benjamin Burkhardt This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . """ import time """ WelcomeScreen: provide a simple welcome/startup screen """ class WelcomeScreen: def __init__(self, lcd): self.lcd = lcd def show_welcome(self, loops=1): # loops says how often the Starting text goes through if loops < 1: loops = 1 padding = " " # 16 spaces started_str = " Started! " for i in range(loops): line1 = padding + "Starting..." + padding line2 = " micronEC " for i in range(32): self.lcd.putstr(line1[0:16]) self.lcd.move_to(0,1) self.lcd.putstr(line2[0:16]) line1 = line1[1:] self.lcd.move_to(0,0) self.lcd.putstr(started_str) # now fade down time.sleep(2) self.lcd.move_to(0,0) self.lcd.putstr(padding + started_str) time.sleep(0.1) self.lcd.clear()