Processing script ticker for BlinkyMatrix

Stock

// Learning Processing
// Daniel Shiffman
// http://www.learningprocessing.com

// Exercise 17-6: Stock Ticker 

// A class to describe a stock quote
class Stock {
  String name; // Name
  int val;     // Value
  float x;     // x position
  
  String display;  // What we see onscreen

  Stock(String n) {
    name = n;
    //val = v;
    // Concatenate the name, value and some spaces
    display = name + " ";
  }
  
  // A function to set x position
  void setX(float x_) {
    x = x_;
  }
  
  // Scroll the quote and reset it when it gets far enough offscreen
  void move() {
    x = x - 1;
    if (x < width-totalW) {
      x = width;
    } 
  }

  // Display the quote
  void display() {
    textFont(f);
    textAlign(LEFT);
    //fill(255);
    text(display,x,5); 
  }
  
  // Return the width of the quote
  float textW() {
    textFont(f);
    return textWidth(display); 
  }
}

ticker

// Main ticker code from // Learning Processing // Daniel Shiffman // http://www.learningprocessing.com // Exercise 17-6: Stock Ticker 
// Other code from BlinkyTape Webpage


import processing.serial.*;
Stock[] stocks = new Stock[7];
float totalW = 0;

PFont f; // Global font variable
Serial s;


void setup() {

// Connect to the first serial port we can find
// We assume there is a BlinkyTape there
  for(String p : Serial.list()) {
        // NOTE: you'll need to change the next line to match the serial port system, i.e. COMx on Windows
        if (p.startsWith("COM5")) { 
        s = new Serial(this, p, 115200);         
        }
  }
  
  frameRate(4); // no rush here right

  size(12,5);
  //f = loadFont( "M37_FEEL_THE_BIT-5.vlw");
  //f = loadFont( "bit-01:cube_16_remix-5.vlw");
  f = loadFont( "5x5-Pixel-8.vlw");
  
  
  
// Giving the stocks names and values to display
  stocks[0] = new Stock("   MARRY");
  stocks[1] = new Stock("XMAS");
  stocks[2] = new Stock("AND ");
  stocks[3] = new Stock("A");
  stocks[4] = new Stock("HAPPY");
  stocks[5] = new Stock("NEW");  
  stocks[6] = new Stock("YEAR   ");
  
  // We space the stock quotes out according to textWidth()
  float x = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < stocks.length; i++) {
    stocks[i].setX(x);
    x = x + (stocks[i].textW()); 
  }
  totalW = x;
  


}

void draw() {
  //image(img,0,0);
  background(255,0,0);
  fill(0,255,0);
    
   
  
  // Move and display all quotes
  for (int i = 0; i < stocks.length; i++) {
    stocks[i].move();
    stocks[i].display();
  }
     loadPixels();
   
  for (int i = 0; i < pixels.length; i++) {
    
  // look at the pixel and send to the led in r,g,b
       s.write((byte)min(254, red(pixels[i])));
       s.write((byte)min(254, green(pixels[i])));
       s.write((byte)min(254, blue(pixels[i])));
    println(i);
    
  }
  
  
updatePixels(); 
s.write((byte)255);

  
}