circuitpython_screensaver

Do you need a screensaver for CircuitPython? Of course you do

Demo video of dvdlogo screensaver:

Demo video of flyingtoasters screensaver:

Demo video of boingball screensaver:

For more info, see this tweet thread.

Installation

• Copy the entire screensaver directory to your CIRCUITPY drive
• See the demo_code.py example (or just copy it over as code.py) to see how to use it

Usage

To load up a screensaver and run the screensaver forever:

from screensaver import screensaver_dvdlogo
screensaver_dvdlogo()

or

from screensaver import screensaver_flyingtoasters
screensaver_flyingtoasters()

or

from screensaver import screensaver_boingball
screensaver_boingball()

To make a screensaver stop after a condition is met, pass in a function as the should_exit_func parameter. If this function returns True the screensaver exits.

For example. this exit_screensaver() function returns True after 10 seconds:

saver_time = time.monotonic()
def exit_screensaver():
  return (time.monotonic() - saver_time > 10) # allow 10 secs of savering

screensaver_dvdlogo( should_exit_func=exit_screensaver )

Notes

• Assumes CircuitPython 7, but only for rainbowio. And should work in CP6
• screensaver_flyingtoasters() takes optional num_toasters and num_toasts arguments to tune how many you want
• screensaver_boingball() takes optional bg_fname argument for a background image to put behind the ball