scrolling text implimented in Python

.gitmodules

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "rpi-rgb-led-matrix"]
+	path = rpi-rgb-led-matrix
+	url = https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix/

rpi-rgb-led-matrix

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+Subproject commit dfc27c15c224a92496034a39512a274744879e86

stockTicker.py

@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import time
 import csv
 
+from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions
+
+
 class StockTicker():
     def __init__(self):
         #Define global resources
         self.symbols = []
-        self.ApiKeys = [["b1be6696d54342bdb5c8f59a052854fd","237d183faf984e7eba708a647c55153a","3012b3cb19784ed4be2b02e9907e53cb"],["f835e85df2a74df1904fe6dc53bcc17a","41ec268496744c34a96e3c408081300b","2d566fc71ade46d688713b13730c5219"]]
-        #self.ApiKeys = [["6172b84d1f464ad88b95ed52e4391bce","979f9b8c9ee748fbbb57cb490ccaaf42","593fa818a44144699b75433aafd92d15"]
+        #self.ApiKeys = [["b1be6696d54342bdb5c8f59a052854fd","237d183faf984e7eba708a647c55153a","3012b3cb19784ed4be2b02e9907e53cb"],["f835e85df2a74df1904fe6dc53bcc17a","41ec268496744c34a96e3c408081300b","2d566fc71ade46d688713b13730c5219"]]
+        self.ApiKeys = [["6172b84d1f464ad88b95ed52e4391bce","979f9b8c9ee748fbbb57cb490ccaaf42","593fa818a44144699b75433aafd92d15"]]
         self.retrievedList = []
         self.greenORred = (255, 255, 255)
         self.ListStocks = []
@@ -31,6 +34,63 @@ class StockTicker():
         self.Delay = 20
         self.parseCSV = 0
         self.symbolLength = 0
+        self.brightness = 1.0
+        
+        # Configuration for the matrix
+        options = RGBMatrixOptions()
+        options.rows = 64
+        options.cols = 64
+        options.chain_length = 1
+        options.parallel = 1
+        options.hardware_mapping = 'adafruit-hat' # If you have an Adafruit HAT: 'adafruit-hat'
+        options.gpio_slowdown = 4
+        self.matrix = RGBMatrix(options = options)
+
+    def openImage(self, image_file):
+        image = Image.open(image_file)
+         # Make image fit our screen.
+        #image.thumbnail((self.matrix.width, self.matrix.height), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+
+        image = image.convert('RGB')
+        return image
+        
+        
+    def SetImage(self, image, pos_x = 0, pos_y = 0, offset_x = 0, offset_y = 0, unsafe=True):
+        
+        
+        if (image.mode != "RGB"):
+            raise Exception("Currently, only RGB mode is supported for SetImage(). Please create images with mode 'RGB' or convert first with image = image.convert('RGB'). Pull requests to support more modes natively are also welcome :)")
+
+        if unsafe:
+            #In unsafe mode we directly access the underlying PIL image array
+            #in cython, which is considered unsafe pointer accecss,
+            #however it's super fast and seems to work fine
+            #https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/cython-users/Dc1ft5W6KM4
+            img_width, img_height = image.size
+            self.matrix.SetPixelsPillow(offset_x, offset_y, img_width, img_height, image)
+        else:
+            # First implementation of a SetImage(). OPTIMIZE_ME: A more native
+            # implementation that directly reads the buffer and calls the underlying
+            # C functions can certainly be faster.
+            img_width, img_height = image.size
+            pixels = image.load()
+            for x in range(max(0, -offset_x), min(img_width, self.matrix.width - offset_x)):
+                for y in range(max(0, -offset_y), min(img_height, self.matrix.height - offset_y)):
+                    (r, g, b) = pixels[x, y]
+     
+                    self.matrix.SetPixel(x + offset_x, y + offset_y, r*brightness, g*brightness, b*brightness)
+
+    
+    def ScrollImage(self, image_file, pos_x = 0, pos_y = 0, delay = 0.05):
+        image = self.openImage(image_file)
+        
+        i = 0
+        while True:
+            self.SetImage(image, offset_x = -i, offset_y = 0)
+            time.sleep(delay)
+            i += 1
+        
+        
     
     #Get the logo from file that is the same as ticker name
     def getLogo(self, Ticker):
@@ -72,7 +132,7 @@ class StockTicker():
 
     #Draw Ticker, current and change onto one image
     def textToImage(self, TICKER, CURRENT, CHANGE, ARROW):
-        font = ImageFont.truetype("EncodeSans.ttf", 18)
+        font = ImageFont.load("7x14.pil")
         img = Image.new('RGB', (150, 32))
         d = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
 
@@ -110,7 +170,7 @@ class StockTicker():
 
     #Get current prices and day prices for the ticker then format the response into an array
     def getStockPrices(self, APIKEY, SYMBOLS):
-       
+        APIKEY = "237d183faf984e7eba708a647c55153a"
         try:
             symbols_list = SYMBOLS.split(",")
             td = TDClient(apikey=APIKEY)
@@ -141,7 +201,7 @@ class StockTicker():
         j=0
         while (j<3):
             print('API KEY: ' + str(self.ApiKeys[self.keySwapper][j]))
-
+            # NT: this weird API key thing doesnt work, when I hard code the API key in the above function it does
             self.getStockPrices(self.ApiKeys[self.keySwapper][j], self.symbols[(j+self.parseCSV)][0])
 
             if (self.ApiCalledError == False):

test.py

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+from twelvedata import TDClient
+import sys
+import os
+import threading
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+import time
+import csv
+
+from rgbmatrix import RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions
+from stockTicker import StockTicker
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	stock_ticker = StockTicker()
+	
+	while(True):
+		stock_ticker.ScrollImage('final.ppm')
+		time.sleep(100)