Did a huge refactoring and outsouring for modularity and a small performance improvement

demos/lcd_driver_demo.py

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+"""
+An example "program" which can be used with the lcdMenu library on a 2x16 display (with some tweaks also on 4x20 displays)
+Copyright (C) 2024  Benjamin Burkhardt <bluefox@privacynerd.de>
+
+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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+
+"""
+@ Feature:   Demonstrates the lcd driver's functionality 
+"""
+
+from time import sleep
+from utils import log
+
+# lcd is an object of the I2C_LCD class (https://git.privacynerd.de/BlueFox/micropython-libraries/src/branch/main/PCF8574T)
+def run(lcd):
+    # Show off basic functionality of the lcd driver
+    log(2, "Running the lcd driver demo")
+    lcd.putstr("Driver demo".center(16))
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.clear()
+    lcd.putstr("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet")
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.show_cursor()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.hide_cursor()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.blink_cursor_on()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.blink_cursor_off()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.backlight_off()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.backlight_on()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.display_off()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.display_on()
+    sleep(1)
+    lcd.clear()
+    sleep(1)
+    
+    s = ""
+    for x in range(32, 127):
+        s += chr(x)
+    while len(s) > 0:
+        lcd.clear()
+        lcd.move_to(0,0)
+        lcd.putstr(s[:32])
+        s = s[32:]
+        sleep(1)
+    lcd.clear()
+    return True
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import utils
+    run(utils.Config().LCD)