ColorduinoScrollerLibrary

A simple library for scrolling text on a Colorduino. Updated for Arduino: 1.8.5

Dependencies

Relies on Colorduino Library, using our modified fork: https://github.com/Electromondo-Coding/Colorduino

Methods

Constructor

Constructor takes no arguments

Scroll myScroller

setText(String text)

Sets the text used for scrolling, defaults to "EXAMPLE"

myScroller.setText("HELLO GITHUB");

setColor(int r, int g, int b)

Sets the color of the scrolling text, defaults to green

myScroller.setColor(255,0,0);

setSpeed(int speed)

Sets the speed between each column change, defaults to 250ms

myScroller.setSpeed(250);

Example

Here is it as currently in Simple_Scroll.ino

#include <Scroll.h>

Scroll myScroll;

void setup() {
  myScroll.setText("HELLO GITHUB");
  myScroll.setColor(255,0,0);
  myScroll.setSpeed(300);
}

void loop() {
  myScroll.run();
}

Bugs

• Currently, the library version of the code seems to produce visible flashing on the colorduino. This is currently underinvestigation, in the mean time, code using just the Colorduino library has been provided under examples/Standalone_Scroll