Merge pull request #40 from jposada202020/adding_displayIO_example

adding_displayIO_example

Author: FoamyGuy

docs/examples.rst

@@ -15,3 +15,30 @@ Copy "../examples/vl53l0x_multiple_sensors.py" to your "CIRCUITPY" drive, then r
 .. literalinclude:: ../examples/vl53l0x_multiple_sensors.py
     :caption: examples/vl53l0x_multiple_sensors.py
     :linenos:
+
+Continuous mode
+----------------
+
+Simple demo of the VL53L0X distance sensor with continuous mode.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/vl53l0x_simplecontinuous.py
+    :caption: examples/vl53l0x_simplecontinuous.py
+    :linenos:
+
+Multiple VL53L0X on Same I2C Bus and with continuous mode
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Example of how to change the assigned address of multiple VL53L0X sensors on the same I2C bus and use
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/vl53l0x_multiple_sensors_continuous.py
+    :caption: examples/vl53l0x_multiple_sensors_continuous.py
+    :linenos:
+
+DisplayIO Simpletest
+---------------------
+
+This is a simple test for boards with built-in display.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/vl53l0x_displayio_simpletest.py
+    :caption: examples/vl53l0x_displayio_simpletest.py
+    :linenos:

examples/vl53l0x_displayio_simpletest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Tim Cocks for Adafruit Industries
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Jose D. Montoya
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# Simple demo of the VL53L0X distance sensor using a built-in display.
+import time
+import board
+from adafruit_display_text.bitmap_label import Label
+from terminalio import FONT
+from displayio import Group
+import adafruit_vl53l0x
+
+
+# create a main_group to hold anything we want to show on the display.
+main_group = Group()
+# Initialize I2C bus and sensor.
+i2c = board.I2C()  # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
+vl53 = adafruit_vl53l0x.VL53L0X(i2c)
+
+# Create a Label to show the readings. If you have a very small
+# display you may need to change to scale=1.
+display_output_label = Label(FONT, text="", scale=2)
+
+# place the label in the middle of the screen with anchored positioning
+display_output_label.anchor_point = (0, 0)
+display_output_label.anchored_position = (4, board.DISPLAY.height // 2)
+
+# add the label to the main_group
+main_group.append(display_output_label)
+
+# set the main_group as the root_group of the built-in DISPLAY
+board.DISPLAY.root_group = main_group
+
+# begin main loop
+while True:
+    # Update the label.text property to change the text on the display
+    display_output_label.text = f"Range: {vl53.range}mm"
+    # wait for a bit
+    time.sleep(1.0)