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Matthieu Houdebine edited this page Sep 8, 2022 · 7 revisions

"Simulated LCD" mode

If you do not have a Turing LCD for now, or do not want to use it at some point, you can always use the "simulated LCD" mode included with this project.
The "simulated LCD" mode works for System Monitor and standalone code.

When enabled, all bitmaps will be written to a file on the filesystem instead of being sent to a real display.
This allow to save screen captures, and to easily test themes during creation.

Enable the "Simulated LCD" mode for System Monitor

In config.yaml change REVISION to REVISION: SIMU then start the program.

Enable the "Simulated LCD" mode for standalone code

from library.lcd_simulated import LcdSimulated

lcd_comm = LcdSimulated(display_width=320,
                       display_height=480)

Use "Simulated LCD" mode

A bitmap named screencap.png will be created and updated like the real display would.
You can open this bitmap and copy it to save a screenshot.
A webserver will also be started, serving a webpage displaying screencap.png with auto-refresh.

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