Rearranging code: cleanup, documentation, version number increment.

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Led-Badge-44x11
-Upload tool for an led name tag with USB-HID interface
+Upload tool for a LED name tag with USB-HID interface
 
 ![LED Mini Board](photos/blueBadge.jpg)
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ In both configurations, the badge identifies itself on the USB as
 ## Warning
 
 There are many different versions of LED Badges on the market.
-This one uses an USB-HID interface, while others use USB-Serial (see references below).
+This one uses a USB-HID interface, while others use USB-Serial (see references below).
 
 ## Command Line Installation and Usage
 
@@ -173,10 +173,116 @@ Example combining image and text:
  sudo ./led-badge-11x44.py "I:HEART2:you"
 </pre>
 
+There are some options defining the default type:
+- use lednamebadge.py directly: default type is 11x44
+- rename lednamebadge.py to something with '12' and use that: default type is 12x48
+- use led-badge-11x44.py: default type is 11x44
+- use led-badge-12x48.py: default type is 12x48
+For all these options you can override the default type with -t
 
 ### Animations
 See the gfx/starfield folder for examples. An animation of N frames is provided as an image N*48 pixels wide, for both 48 and 44 pixel wide devices.
 
+## Usage as module
+
+### Writing to the device
+You can use lednamebadge.py as a module in your own content creation code for writing your generated scenes to the device.
+
+- create the header
+- append your own content
+- write to device
+
+The method `header()` takes a number of parameters:
+
+- up to 8 lengths as a tuple of numbers
+  - each length is the number of byte-columns for the corresponding bitmap data, that is the number of bytes of the
+    corresponding bitmap data divided by 11 (for the 11x44 devices) respective 12 (for the 12x48-devices), where one
+    byte is 8 pixels wide.
+- arguments comparable to the command line arguments: up to 8 speeds, modes, blink-flags, ants-flags each as tuple of 
+  numbers, and an (optional) brightness as number.
+- Optionally, you can give a timestamp as datetime. It is written to the device as part of the header, but not visible
+  at the devices display.
+
+Your own content has to be a byte array with the bitmap data for all scenes. Of course, it has to fit the given lengths.
+
+See the following graphic for better understanding:
+![bitmap_data_onebyte.png](photos%2Fbitmap_data_onebyte.png)
+
+![bitmap_data_onescene.png](photos%2Fbitmap_data_onescene.png)
+
+For a 12x48 device there have to be 12 bytes for each byte-column instead of 11, of course.
+
+![bitmap_data_all.png](photos%2Fbitmap_data_all.png)
+
+Example:
+
+Let's say, you have 2 scenes, one is 11x32 pixels, one is 11x60 pixels. So, the first have 4 byte-columns and 44 bytes,
+the second has to be padded with 4 empty bit-columns in the last byte-column to 11x64 pixels and has therefore
+8 byte-columns and 88 bytes.
+
+We like to display both in mode 4, the first one with speed 3 and the second one with speed 2 and the second one shall
+be displayed with ants. And we like to set the initial brightness to 50%.
+
+This would be achieved by these calls:
+
+```python
+from lednamebadge import LedNameBadge
+
+buf = array('B')
+buf.extend(LedNameBadge.header((4, 8), (3, 2), (4,), (0,), (0,1), 50))
+buf.extend(scene_one_bytes)
+buf.extend(scene_two_bytes)
+LedNameBadge.write(buf)
+```
+
+### Using the text generation
+
+You can also use the text/icon/graphic generation of this module to get the corresponding byte buffers.
+
+This is quite simple and just like with the command line usage. There is the additional option to create a bitmap just
+and only from an image file by giving the filename instead of a message.
+
+```python
+from lednamebadge import SimpleTextAndIcons
+
+creator = SimpleTextAndIcons()
+scene_a_bitmap = creator.bitmap("Hello :HEART2: World!")
+scene_b_bitmap = creator.bitmap("As you :gfx/bicycle3.png: like...")
+scene_c_bitmap = creator.bitmap("gfx/starfield/starfield_020.png")
+```
+
+The resulting bitmaps are tuples with the byte array and the length each. These lengths can be used in header() directly
+and the byte arrays can be concatenated to the header. Examle:
+
+```python
+from lednamebadge import * 
+
+creator = SimpleTextAndIcons()
+scene_x_bitmap = creator.bitmap("Hello :HEART2: World!")
+scene_y_bitmap = creator.bitmap("Complete example ahead.")
+your_own_stuff = create_own_bitmap_data()
+
+lengths = (scene_x_bitmap[1], scene_y_bitmap[1], your_own_stuff.len)
+buf = array('B')
+buf.extend(LedNameBadge.header(lengths, (3,), (0,), (0,1,0), (0,0,1), 100))
+buf.extend(scene_x_bitmap[0])
+buf.extend(scene_y_bitmap[0])
+buf.extend(your_own_stuff.bytes)
+LedNameBadge.write(buf)
+```
+
+## Development
+
+### Generating Plantuml graphics
+
+You will need PlantUML and potentially GraphViz dot to generate the diagrams from the *.puml files.
+
+Just run `plantuml "*.puml"` from the `photos` directory to regenerate all diagrams.
+
+### Running the unit tests
+
+Run `python run_tests.py` from the `tests` directory.
+
 ## Related References (for USB-Serial devices)
  * https://github.com/Caerbannog/led-mini-board
  * http://zunkworks.com/projects/programmablelednamebadges/

lednamebadge.py

@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@
 # v0.10, 2019-09-09, jw Support for loading monochrome images. Typos fixed.
 # v0.11, 2019-09-29, jw New option --brightness added.
 # v0.12, 2019-12-27, jw hint at pip3 -- as discussed in https://github.com/jnweiger/led-name-badge-ls32/issues/19
+# v0.13, 2023-11-14, bs modularization.
+#     Some comments about this big change:
+#     * I wanted to keep this one-python-file-for-complete-command-line-usage, but also needed to introduce importable
+#       classes for writing own content to the device (my upcoming GUI editor). Therefore, the file was renamed to an
+#       importable python file, and forwarding python files are introduced with the old file names for full
+#       compatibility.
+#     * A bit of code rearranging and cleanup was necessary for that goal, but I hope the original parts are still
+#       recognizable, as I tried to keep all this refactoring as less, as possible and sense-making, but did not do
+#       the full clean-codish refactoring. Keeping the classes in one file is part of that refactoring-omittance.
+#     * There is some initialization code executed in the classes not needed, if not imported. This is nagging me
+#       somehow, but it is acceptable, as we do not need to save every processor cycle, here :)
+#     * Have fun!
+
 
 import argparse
 import os
@@ -58,7 +71,7 @@ from array import array
 from datetime import datetime
 
 
-__version = "0.12"
+__version = "0.13"
 
 
 class SimpleTextAndIcons:
@@ -225,7 +238,6 @@ class SimpleTextAndIcons:
               u"ÀÅÄÉÈÊËÖÔÜÛÙŸ"
 
     char_offsets = {}
-    pass
     for i in range(len(charmap)):
         char_offsets[charmap[i]] = 11 * i
         # print(i, charmap[i], char_offset[charmap[i]])
@@ -288,22 +300,24 @@ class SimpleTextAndIcons:
         self.bitmaps_preloaded_unused = False
 
     def add_preload_img(self, filename):
+        """Still used by main, but deprecated. PLease use ":"-notation for bitmap() / bitmap_text()"""
         self.bitmap_preloaded.append(SimpleTextAndIcons.bitmap_img(filename))
         self.bitmaps_preloaded_unused = True
 
 
     def are_preloaded_unused(self):
+        """Still used by main, but deprecated. PLease use ":"-notation for bitmap() / bitmap_text()"""
         return self.bitmaps_preloaded_unused == True
 
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_named_bitmaps_keys():
+    def _get_named_bitmaps_keys():
         return SimpleTextAndIcons.bitmap_named.keys()
 
 
     def bitmap_char(self, ch):
-        """ Returns a tuple of 11 bytes,
-          ch = '_' returns (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255)
+        """Returns a tuple of 11 bytes, it is the bitmap data of given character.
+            Example: ch = '_' returns (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255).
             The bits in each byte are horizontal, highest bit is left.
         """
         if ord(ch) < 32:
@@ -318,7 +332,7 @@ class SimpleTextAndIcons:
 
 
     def bitmap_text(self, text):
-        """ returns a tuple of (buffer, length_in_byte_columns_aka_chars)
+        """Returns a tuple of (buffer, length_in_byte_columns_aka_chars)
           We preprocess the text string for substitution patterns
           "::" is replaced with a single ":"
           ":1: is replaced with CTRL-A referencing the first preloaded or loaded image.
@@ -350,7 +364,10 @@ class SimpleTextAndIcons:
 
     @staticmethod
     def bitmap_img(file):
-        """ returns a tuple of (buffer, length_in_byte_columns)
+        """Returns a tuple of (buffer, length_in_byte_columns) representing the given image file.
+            It has to be an 8-bit grayscale image or a color image with 8 bit per channel. Color pixels are converted to
+            grayscale by arithmetic mean. Threshold for an active led is then > 127.
+            If the width is not a multiple on 8 it will be padded with empty pixel-columns.
         """
         from PIL import Image
 
@@ -383,8 +400,8 @@ class SimpleTextAndIcons:
 
 
     def bitmap(self, arg):
-        """ if arg is a valid and existing path name, we load it as an image.
-          Otherwise, we take it as a string.
+        """If arg is a valid and existing path name, we load it as an image.
+            Otherwise, we take it as a string (with ":"-notation, see bitmap_text()).
         """
         if os.path.exists(arg):
             return SimpleTextAndIcons.bitmap_img(arg)
@@ -408,7 +425,7 @@ class LedNameBadge:
         pyhidapi.hid_init()
         _have_pyhidapi = True
         print("Pyhidapi detected")
-    except Exception:
+    except:
         try:
             import usb.core
             print("Pyusb detected")
@@ -435,21 +452,41 @@ or
 
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _expand_tuple(l):
-        l = l + (l[-1],) * (8 - len(l))  # repeat last element
-        return l
+    def _prepare_iterable(iterable, min_, max_):
+        try:
+            iterable = [min(max(x, min_), max_) for x in iterable]
+            iterable = tuple(iterable) + (iterable[-1],) * (8 - len(iterable))  # repeat last element
+            return iterable
+        except:
+            raise TypeError("Please give a list or tuple with at least one number: " + str(iterable))
 
 
     @staticmethod
     def header(lengths, speeds, modes, blinks, ants, brightness=100, date=datetime.now()):
-        """ lengths[0] is the number of chars of the first text
-
-          Speeds come in as 1..8, but are needed 0..7 here.
+        """Create a protocol header
+            * length, speeds, modes, blinks, ants are iterables with at least one element
+            * lengths[0] is the number of chars/byte-columns of the first text/bitmap, lengths[1] of the second,
+              and so on...
+            * len(length) should match the designated bitmap data
+            * speeds come in as 1..8, but will be decremented to 0..7, here.
+            * modes: 0..8
+            * blinks and ants: 0..1 or even False..True,
+            * brightness, if given, is any number, but it'll be limited to 25, 50, 75, 100 (percent), here
+            * date, if given, is a datetime object. It will be written in the header, but is not to be seen on the
+              devices screen.
         """
-        ants = LedNameBadge._expand_tuple(ants)
-        blinks = LedNameBadge._expand_tuple(blinks)
-        speeds = LedNameBadge._expand_tuple(speeds)
-        modes = LedNameBadge._expand_tuple(modes)
+        try:
+            lengths_sum = sum(lengths)
+        except:
+            raise TypeError("Please give a list or tuple with at least one number: " + str(lengths))
+        if lengths_sum > (8192 - len(LedNameBadge._protocol_header_template)) / 11 + 1:
+            raise ValueError("The given lengths seem to be far too high: " + str(lengths))
+
+
+        ants = LedNameBadge._prepare_iterable(ants, 0, 1)
+        blinks = LedNameBadge._prepare_iterable(blinks, 0, 1)
+        speeds = LedNameBadge._prepare_iterable(speeds, 1, 8)
+        modes = LedNameBadge._prepare_iterable(modes, 0, 8)
 
         speeds = [x - 1 for x in speeds]
 
@@ -461,6 +498,7 @@ or
             h[5] = 0x20
         elif brightness <= 75:
             h[5] = 0x10
+        # else default 100% == 0x00
 
         for i in range(8):
             h[6] += blinks[i] << i
@@ -473,18 +511,31 @@ or
             h[17 + (2 * i) - 1] = lengths[i] // 256
             h[17 + (2 * i)] = lengths[i] % 256
 
+        try:
             h[38 + 0] = date.year % 100
             h[38 + 1] = date.month
             h[38 + 2] = date.day
             h[38 + 3] = date.hour
             h[38 + 4] = date.minute
             h[38 + 5] = date.second
+        except:
+            raise TypeError("Please give a datetime object: " + str(date))
 
         return h
 
 
     @staticmethod
     def write(buf):
+        """Write the given buffer to the device.
+            It has to begin with a protocol header as provided by header() and followed by the bitmap data.
+            In short: the bitmap data is organized in bytes with 8 horizontal pixels per byte and 11 resp. 12
+            bytes per (8 pixels wide) byte-column. Then just put one byte-column after the other and one bitmap
+            after the other.
+        """
+        need_padding = len(buf) % 64
+        if need_padding:
+            buf.extend((0,) * (64 - need_padding))
+
         if len(buf) > 8192:
             print("Writing more than 8192 bytes damages the display!")
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -522,7 +573,7 @@ or
 
 
 def split_to_ints(list_str):
-    return tuple([int(x) for x in re.split(r'[\s,]+', list_str)])
+    return [int(x) for x in re.split(r'[\s,]+', list_str)]
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
@@ -540,7 +591,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--preload', metavar='FILE', action='append',
                         help=argparse.SUPPRESS)  # "Load bitmap images. Use ^A, ^B, ^C, ... in text messages to make them visible. Deprecated, embed within ':' instead")
     parser.add_argument('-l', '--list-names', action='version', help="list named icons to be embedded in messages and exit",
-                        version=':' + ':  :'.join(SimpleTextAndIcons.get_named_bitmaps_keys()) + ':  ::  or e.g. :path/to/some_icon.png:')
+                        version=':' + ':  :'.join(SimpleTextAndIcons._get_named_bitmaps_keys()) + ':  ::  or e.g. :path/to/some_icon.png:')
     parser.add_argument('message', metavar='MESSAGE', nargs='+',
                         help="Up to 8 message texts with embedded builtin icons or loaded images within colons(:) -- See -l for a list of builtins")
     parser.add_argument('--mode-help', action='version', help=argparse.SUPPRESS, version="""
@@ -590,7 +641,7 @@ def main():
     else:
         print("Type: 11x44")
 
-    lengths = tuple([b[1] for b in msg_bitmaps])
+    lengths = [b[1] for b in msg_bitmaps]
     speeds = split_to_ints(args.speed)
     modes = split_to_ints(args.mode)
     blinks = split_to_ints(args.blink)
@@ -603,10 +654,6 @@ def main():
     for msg_bitmap in msg_bitmaps:
         buf.extend(msg_bitmap[0])
 
-    need_padding = len(buf) % 64
-    if need_padding:
-        buf.extend((0,) * (64 - need_padding))
-
     LedNameBadge.write(buf)
 
 

photos/bitmap_data_descr.puml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@startuml bitmap_data_onebyte
+salt
+title One byte
+{#
+ { most significant bit 7
+ leftmost pixel } | bit 6 | ... | bit 1 | { least significant bit 0
+ rightmost pixel }
+}
+@enduml
+
+@startuml bitmap_data_onescene
+salt
+title One scene
+{#
+ byte 0 == 8 pixel | byte 11 == 8 pixel | byte 22 == 8 pixel | ...
+ byte 1 ...        | byte 12 ...        | byte 23 ...        | ...
+ byte 2 ...        | byte 13 ...        | byte 24 ...        | ...
+ byte 3 ...        | byte 14 ...        | byte 25 ...        | ...
+ byte 4 ...        | byte 15 ...        | byte 26 ...        | ...
+ byte 5 ...        | byte 16 ...        | byte 27 ...        | ...
+ byte 6 ...        | byte 17 ...        | byte 28 ...        | ...
+ byte 7 ...        | byte 18 ...        | byte 29 ...        | ...
+ byte 8 ...        | byte 19 ...        | byte 30 ...        | ...
+ byte 9 ...        | byte 20 ...        | byte 31 ...        | ...
+ byte 10 ...       | byte 21 ...        | byte 32 ...        | ...
+}
+@enduml
+
+@startuml  bitmap_data_all
+salt
+title Complete bitmap data
+{#
+ scene 0 == x bytes | ... | scene n == z bytes
+}
+@enduml

tests/run_tests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.path.append("..")
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().discover(".")
+    unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+

tests/test_lednamebadge_create.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import datetime
 from array import array
 from unittest import TestCase
 

tests/test_lednamebadge_write.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import datetime
-from array import array
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 from lednamebadge import LedNameBadge as testee
@@ -9,6 +8,27 @@ class Test(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.test_date = datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 13, 17, 38, 24)
 
+    def test_prepare_collection_expand(self):
+        self.assertEqual((1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), testee._prepare_iterable((1,), 1, 8))
+        self.assertEqual((1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4), testee._prepare_iterable([1, 2, 3, 4], 1, 8))
+        self.assertEqual((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), testee._prepare_iterable((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), 1, 8))
+        # Weired, but possible:
+        self.assertEqual(('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'D', 'D', 'D', 'D'), testee._prepare_iterable("ABCD", 'A', 'Z'))
+        self.assertEqual((True, False, True, True, True, True, True, True), testee._prepare_iterable((True, False, True), False, True))
+
+    def test_prepare_collection_limit(self):
+        self.assertEqual((1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8), testee._prepare_iterable([-1, 9], 1, 8))
+        # Weired, but possible:
+        self.assertEqual(('C', 'C', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'F', 'F'), testee._prepare_iterable("ABCDEFGH", 'C', 'F'))
+        self.assertEqual((True, 1, True, True, True, True, True, True), testee._prepare_iterable((True, False, True), 1, 8))
+        self.assertEqual((0, False, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0), testee._prepare_iterable((True, False, True), -2, 0))
+
+    def test_prepare_collection_type(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            testee._prepare_iterable(4, 1, 8)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            testee._prepare_iterable([], 1, 8)
+
     def test_header_2msgs(self):
         buf = testee.header((6, 7), (5, 3), (6, 2), (0, 1), (1, 0), 75, self.test_date)
         self.assertEqual([119, 97, 110, 103, 0, 16, 254, 1, 70, 34, 34, 34, 34, 34, 34, 34, 0, 6, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -51,3 +71,9 @@ class Test(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(buf1[0:38], buf2[0:38])
         self.assertEqual(buf1[38 + 6:], buf2[38 + 6:])
         self.assertNotEqual(buf1[38:38 + 6], buf2[38:38 + 6])
+
+    def test_header_type(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            testee.header(("nan",), (4,), (4,), (0,), (0,), 80, self.test_date)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            testee.header((370,380), (4,), (4,), (0,), (0,), 80, self.test_date)