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drawColon(false); turn off all dots instead of just the colon #89

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nlangel opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 0 comments
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drawColon(false); turn off all dots instead of just the colon #89

nlangel opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 0 comments

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nlangel commented Sep 6, 2024

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Code (modifed from 'sevenseg' example):
#include <Wire.h> // Enable this line if using Arduino Uno, Mega, etc.
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include "Adafruit_LEDBackpack.h"

Adafruit_7segment matrix = Adafruit_7segment();

void setup() {
#ifndef AVR_ATtiny85
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("7 Segment Backpack Test");
#endif
matrix.begin(0x70);
}

void loop() {

matrix.writeDigitRaw(2, 0x02);
matrix.writeDisplay();
delay(1000);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(2, 0x06);
matrix.writeDisplay();
delay(1000);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(2, 0x0e);
matrix.writeDisplay();
delay(1000);
matrix.writeDigitRaw(2, 0x1e);
matrix.writeDisplay();
delay(1000);
matrix.drawColon(false);

}

drawColon(false); not only turns off the colon, it turns off all the other dots as well

I looked at the library and believe the correct code is:
void Adafruit_7segment::drawColon(bool state) {
if (state)
displaybuffer[2] = displaybuffer[2] | 0x2;
else
displaybuffer[2] = displaybuffer[2] & 0xfd;
}

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