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pico-ssd1306/examples/basic_text/main.cpp

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+#include "pico/stdlib.h"
+#include "pico-ssd1306/ssd1306.h"
+#include "pico-ssd1306/textRenderer/TextRenderer.h"
+#include "hardware/i2c.h"
+
+// Use the namespace for convenience
+using namespace pico_ssd1306;
+
+int main(){
+    // Init i2c0 controller
+    i2c_init(i2c0, 1000000);
+    // Set up pins 12 and 13
+    gpio_set_function(12, GPIO_FUNC_I2C);
+    gpio_set_function(13, GPIO_FUNC_I2C);
+    gpio_pull_up(12);
+    gpio_pull_up(13);
+
+    // If you don't do anything before initializing a display pi pico is too fast and starts sending
+    // commands before the screen controller had time to set itself up, so we add an artificial delay for
+    // ssd1306 to set itself up
+    sleep_ms(250);
+
+    // Create a new display object at address 0x3D and size of 128x64
+    SSD1306 display = SSD1306(i2c0, 0x3D, Size::W128xH64);
+
+    // Here we rotate the display by 180 degrees, so that it's not upside down from my perspective
+    // If your screen is upside down try setting it to 1 or 0
+    display.setOrientation(0);
+
+    // Draw text on display
+    // After passing a pointer to display, we need to tell the function what font and text to use
+    // Available fonts are listed in textRenderer's readme
+    // Last we tell this function where to anchor the text
+    // Anchor means top left of what we draw
+    drawText(&display, font_12x16, "TEST text", 0 ,0);
+
+    // Send buffer to the display
+    display.sendBuffer();
+}