Digit Shield Example Code

DigitShield.pde

// Display the value 123:
DigitShield.setValue(123);

// Display the value 64 with leading zeros:
DigitShield.setLeadingZeros(true);
DigitShield.setValue(64);

// Display the value of pi with 2 decimal places
DigitShield.setPrecision(2);
DigitShield.setValue(3.14159265);

// Display the value 0.012. Floating point values less than 1.0 will have a zero before the decimal point.
DigitShield.setPrecision(3);
DigitShield.setValue(.012);

// Display the value 43 with leading zeros and one decimal place.
DigitShield.setLeadingZeros(true);
DigitShield.setPrecision(1);
DigitShield.setValue(43);

// Access the digits and decimal points directly. Digits are numbered 1-4 from left to right. For example, to display the score of a game.
DigitShield.setDigit(1, 7);
DigitShield.setDigit(4, 3);
DigitShield.setDecimalPoint(2, true);

// Error conditions: if the value cannot be displayed because it will not fit on the display, this error is indicated by lighting all 4 decimal points. The following cases are all error conditions:
DigitShield.setValue(10000);  // too large
DigitShield.setPrecision(3);
DigitShield.setValue(83.1415);  // not enough room
DigitShield.setValue(-32);  // cannot display negative numbers