Libraries \ Sprite

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Name

Sprite
Examples 
#include "Binary.h"
#include "Sprite.h"
#include "Matrix.h"

Matrix myMatrix = Matrix(0, 2, 1);

/* create a new Sprite instance
   8 pixels wide, 4 pixels tall
*/
Sprite wave = Sprite(
  8, 4,
  B00011000,
  B00100100,
  B01000010,
  B10000001
);

void setup()
{ 
}

int x = 0;

void loop()
{
  myMatrix.write(x, 2, wave);     // place sprite on screen
  myMatrix.write(x - 8, 2, wave); // place sprite again, elsewhere on screen
  delay(75);                      // wait a little bit
  myMatrix.clear();               // clear the screen for next animation frame
  if (x == 8)                      // if reached end of animation sequence
  {
    x = 0;                        // start from beginning
  }
  x++;                            // advance x coordinate to the right
}
Description The Sprite library allows for creating image sprites to be used with the Matrix library.
Syntax 
Sprite(width, height)
Sprite(width, height, row1, row2, ...)
Methods
width()
height()
write()
read()
Parameters
width The width in pixels of the sprite
height The height in pixels of the sprite
row1, row2, ... The pixel rows specified in binary notation. Pixel values are set as 0 or 1's.
Returns None
Usage Application
Updated on July 07, 2011 11:11:46pm PDT

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