/* Blink The circuit: * VFD Data to digital pin 2 (blue) * VFD Clock to digital pin 3 (yellow) * VFD Chip select to digital pin 4 (green) * VFD VCC (power) to 5V * VFD Ground (power) to Ground */ // include the library code: #include // initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins SPI_VFD vfd(2, 3, 4); // | 1 2| // |12345678901234567890| String vfd_line_top = "Booting up... "; String vfd_line_bottom = "Waiting for stream. "; unsigned int vfd_line_position = 0; bool vfd_line_print = false; unsigned long millis_last_incoming_ping = 0; unsigned long millis_last_outgoing_ping = 0; // the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board void setup() { // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output. pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW); Serial.begin(9600); // set up the VFD's number of columns and rows: vfd.begin(20, 2); update_display(); } void update_display() { vfd.setCursor(0, 0); vfd.print(vfd_line_top); vfd.setCursor(0, 1); vfd.print(vfd_line_bottom); } void check_serial() { while (Serial.available() > 0) { millis_last_incoming_ping = millis(); int incomingByte = Serial.read(); if (incomingByte == 0 || incomingByte == '^') { incomingByte = vfd_line_position = 0; } if (incomingByte < 32) { continue; } if (vfd_line_position < 20) { vfd_line_top.setCharAt(vfd_line_position, incomingByte); } else { vfd_line_bottom.setCharAt(vfd_line_position - 20, incomingByte); } vfd_line_position = (vfd_line_position + 1) % 40; vfd_line_print = vfd_line_position == 0; if (vfd_line_print) { break; } } } // the loop function runs over and over again forever void loop() { // We've been running for over 50 days and wrapped to zero. Reset all our timers if (millis() < 10000 && (millis_last_outgoing_ping > 10000 || millis_last_incoming_ping > 10000)) { millis_last_outgoing_ping = 0; millis_last_incoming_ping = 0; } check_serial(); // If it's been 10 seconds since last incoming data if (millis() - millis_last_incoming_ping > 30000) { // |12345678901234567890| vfd_line_top = "Error stream is down"; vfd_line_bottom = "Verify or restart..."; vfd_line_print = true; millis_last_incoming_ping = millis(); } // Send outgoing ping every 5 seconds if we can. if (millis() - millis_last_outgoing_ping > 30000 && Serial.availableForWrite()) { Serial.write('^'); millis_last_outgoing_ping = millis(); } // If we have something to print, print it if (vfd_line_print) { vfd_line_print = false; update_display(); } delay(100); }