Version 1.5.0

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-Version 1.6.0
-
-- ISSUE #10: Support for starting position on setDisplayToString() methods.
-  WARNING: setDisplayToString methods have changed prototype and are incompatible with code compiled for 1.5.x (if you specified a custom font)
-
-Version 1.5.2
-
-- ISSUE #9: Backwards compatibility with previous Arduino IDE.
-
-Version 1.5.1
-
-- ISSUE #7: New character data in default font for '*';
-- Minor optimization on inverted TM1638.
-
 Version 1.5.0
 
 - support for inverted module;

InvertedTM1638.cpp

@@ -53,5 +53,9 @@ byte InvertedTM1638::getButtons()
 
 void InvertedTM1638::sendChar(byte pos, byte data, boolean dot)
 {
-	TM1638::sendChar(7 - pos, data & 0xC0 | (data & 0x07) << 3 | (data & 0x38) >> 3, dot);
+	byte n = data;
+
+	n = n & 128 | n & 64 | (n & 4) << 3 | (n & 2) << 3 | (n & 1) << 3 | (n & 32) >> 3 | (n & 16) >> 3 | (n & 8) >> 3;
+
+	TM1638::sendChar(7 - pos, n, dot);
 }

TM1638.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ TM1638::TM1638(byte dataPin, byte clockPin, byte strobePin, boolean activateDisp
   digitalWrite(strobePin, HIGH);
 }
 
+TM1638::~TM1638()
+{
+	// nothing to do
+}
+
 void TM1638::setupDisplay(boolean active, byte intensity)
 {
   sendCommand(0x80 | (active ? 8 : 0) | min(7, intensity));
@@ -124,26 +129,22 @@ void TM1638::clearDisplay()
   }
 }
 
-void TM1638::setDisplayToString(const char* string, const byte dots, const byte pos, const byte font[])
+void TM1638::setDisplayToString(const char* string, const byte dots, const byte font[])
 {
-  for (int i = 0; i < 8 - pos; i++) {
-  	if (string[i] != '\0') {
-	  sendChar(i + pos, font[string[i] - 32], dots & (1 << (7 - i)));
-	} else {
-	  break;
-	}
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+    sendChar(i, font[string[i] - 32], dots & (1 << (7 - i)));
   }
 }
 
-void TM1638::setDisplayToString(const String string, const byte dots, const byte pos, const byte font[])
+void TM1638::setDisplayToString(const String string, const byte dots, const byte font[])
 {
   int stringLength = string.length();
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < 8 - pos; i++) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
     if (i < stringLength) {
-      sendChar(i + pos, font[string.charAt(i) - 32], dots & (1 << (7 - i)));
+      sendChar(i, font[string.charAt(i) - 32], dots & (1 << (7 - i)));
     } else {
-      break;
+      sendChar(i, 0, dots & (1 << (7 - i)));
     }
   }
 }

TM1638.h

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class TM1638
   public:
     /** Instantiate a tm1638 module specifying the display state, the starting intensity (0-7) data, clock and stobe pins. */
     TM1638(byte dataPin, byte clockPin, byte strobePin, boolean activateDisplay = true, byte intensity = 7);
+	virtual ~TM1638();
 
     /** Set the display (segments and LEDs) active or off and intensity (range from 0-7). */
     void setupDisplay(boolean active, byte intensity);
@@ -60,11 +61,9 @@ class TM1638
     /** Clear the display */
 	void clearDisplay();
     /** Set the display to the string (defaults to built in font) */
-	void setDisplayToString(const char* string, const byte dots = 0, const byte pos = 0,
-		const byte font[] = FONT_DEFAULT);
+	void setDisplayToString(const char* string, const byte dots = 0, const byte font[] = FONT_DEFAULT);
     /** Set the display to the String (defaults to built in font) */
-	void setDisplayToString(String string, const byte dots = 0, const byte pos = 0,
-		const byte font[] = FONT_DEFAULT);
+	void setDisplayToString(String string, const byte dots = 0, const byte font[] = FONT_DEFAULT);
 
     /** Set the LED at pos to color (TM1638_COLOR_RED, TM1638_COLOR_GREEN or both) */
     virtual void setLED(byte color, byte pos);

TM1638Fonts.h

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const byte FONT_DEFAULT[] = {
   0b00000010, // (39)	'
   0b00110000, // (40)	(
   0b00000110, // (41)	)
-  0b01100011, // (42)	*
+  0b00000000, // (42)	*
   0b00000000, // (43)	+
   0b00000100, // (44)	,
   0b01000000, // (45)	-