"""
This example will figure out the current local time using the internet, and
then draw out a countdown clock until an event occurs!
Once the event is happening, a new graphic is shown
"""
import time
import board
from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
from adafruit_bitmap_font import bitmap_font
from adafruit_display_text.text_area import TextArea
# The time of the thing!
EVENT_WEEKDAY = 2 # monday = 0 .. sunday = 6
EVENT_HOUR = 15 # in 24-hour time
EVENT_MINUTE = 00
EVENT_DURATION = 1800 # in seconds!
# Instead of messing around with timezones, just put in
# the *location* of the event, and we'll automatically set the PyPortal's
# time to that location. Then compute the math from there
# for a list of valid locations, see http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone
EVENT_LOCATION = "America/New_York" # set to None if its for your local time
# determine the current working directory, needed so we know where to find files
cwd = __file__.rsplit('/', 1)[0]
event_background = cwd+"/countdown_event.bmp"
countdown_background = cwd+"/countdown_background.bmp"
# Initialize the pyportal object and let us know what data to fetch and where
# to display it
pyportal = PyPortal(status_neopixel=board.NEOPIXEL,
default_bg=countdown_background)
big_font = bitmap_font.load_font(cwd+"/fonts/Helvetica-Bold-36.bdf")
big_font.load_glyphs(b'0123456789') # pre-load glyphs for fast printing
days_position = (30, 180)
hours_position = (110, 180)
minutes_position = (220, 180)
text_color = 0xFFFFFF
text_areas = []
for pos in (days_position, hours_position, minutes_position):
textarea = TextArea(big_font, text=' ')
textarea.x = pos[0]
textarea.y = pos[1]
textarea.color = text_color
pyportal.splash.append(textarea)
text_areas.append(textarea)
refresh_time = None
while True:
# only query the online time once per hour (and on first run)
if (not refresh_time) or (time.monotonic() - refresh_time) > 3600:
try:
print("Getting time from internet!")
pyportal.get_local_time(location=EVENT_LOCATION)
refresh_time = time.monotonic()
except RuntimeError as e:
print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
continue
the_time = time.localtime()
print("Time at location", EVENT_LOCATION, ":", the_time)
# The easiest way to tell when
mins_remaining = EVENT_MINUTE - the_time[4]
if mins_remaining < 0:
mins_remaining += 60
the_time = time.localtime(time.mktime(the_time) + mins_remaining * 60) # add minutes to go forward
#print("minute fastforward:", the_time)
hours_remaining = EVENT_HOUR - the_time[3]
if hours_remaining < 0:
hours_remaining += 24
the_time = time.localtime(time.mktime(the_time) + hours_remaining * 60 * 60) # add hours to go forward
#print("hour fastforward:", the_time)
days_remaining = EVENT_WEEKDAY - the_time[6]
if days_remaining < 0:
days_remaining += 7
total_sec_remaining = days_remaining * 24 * 60 * 60
total_sec_remaining += hours_remaining * 60 * 60
total_sec_remaining += mins_remaining * 60
print("Remaining: %d days, %d hours, %d minutes (%d total seconds)" %
(days_remaining, hours_remaining, mins_remaining, total_sec_remaining))
week_of_seconds = 604800
if (week_of_seconds - total_sec_remaining) < EVENT_DURATION:
print("ITS HAPPENING!")
pyportal.set_background(event_background)
else:
pyportal.set_background(countdown_background)
text_areas[0].text = '{:>1}'.format(days_remaining) # set days textarea
text_areas[1].text = '{:>2}'.format(hours_remaining) # set hours textarea
text_areas[2].text = '{:>2}'.format(mins_remaining) # set minutes textarea
# update every 30 seconds
time.sleep(30)
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