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Chuck Norris jokes sketch for ESP32 and 128x64 OLED display
#include <U8g2lib.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <HTTPClient.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
// ESP32 DevKitC has hardware I2C pins on 22 and 21
U8G2_SH1106_128X64_NONAME_F_HW_I2C u8g2(U8G2_R0, U8X8_PIN_NONE, 22, 21);
StaticJsonDocument<8192> jsonDoc;
const char* lastText = "";
long lastLineChange = 0;
int startOffset = 64;
void prepareDisplay() {
u8g2.setFont(u8g2_font_6x10_tf);
u8g2.setFontRefHeightExtendedText();
u8g2.setDrawColor(1);
u8g2.setFontPosTop();
u8g2.setFontDirection(0);
}
bool printWithOffset(const char* text, int offset)
{
bool printedSomething = false;
int textLength = strlen(text);
for (int i = 0; i < (textLength + 20) / 21; ++i) {
if (10*i + offset < -20 || 10*i + offset > 74) {
// We are far outside the visible region, no need to draw
continue;
}
char buf[22];
strncpy(buf, &text[i*21], 21);
u8g2.drawUTF8(2, 10*i + offset, buf);
printedSomething = true;
}
return printedSomething;
}
void setup() {
WiFi.begin("5G COVID-19 Transmitter", "hunter2");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
yield();
}
u8g2.begin();
prepareDisplay();
}
void loop() {
u8g2.clearBuffer();
if (!printWithOffset(lastText, startOffset)) {
// Since fetching is synchronous, we do it when the screen is blank
HTTPClient http;
http.begin("https://api.chucknorris.io/jokes/random");
if (http.GET() == 200) {
if (!deserializeJson(jsonDoc, http.getString())) {
lastText = jsonDoc["value"];
}
}
// If we fail to fetch, we just keep the old text around
http.end();
startOffset = 64;
}
u8g2.sendBuffer();
long currentTime = millis();
if (currentTime - lastLineChange > 50) {
startOffset -= 1;
lastLineChange = currentTime;
}
}
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