imagiCharms

imagiCharm code features

Turn the pixel in the first row [0] and the second column [1] on:

m[0][1] = on

Give the pixel a particular colour, e.g. red:
You can choose from: red (R), orange (O), yellow (Y), green (G), aqua (A), blue (B), purple (P), magenta (M), white (W) and black (K).
This is how you assign the colour:

m[0][1] = R

Assigning RGB colours:
Copy and paste the desired colour from your design section on your pixel:

m[0][1] = (242, 5, 0)

Let your pixels blink: Pick a blink rate between 0 (not blinking) and 3 (blinking 3 times a second). Floats possible.

m[0][1] = (242, 5, 0)
blink_rate = 1

Functions:
Functions start with 'def'. A parameter or several can be handed over.
The function then needs to be 'called' and an argument needs to be set (here the colour red).

def first_column_colour (colour):
  m[0][0]=colour
  m[0][1]=colour
  m[0][2]=colour
  m[0][3]=colour
  m[0][4]=colour
  m[0][5]=colour
  m[0][6]=colour
  m[0][7]=colour

first_column_colour(R)

Loops: for-loops
If you want to run code repeatedly, loops are very useful.
'for'-loops can run for a set number of times.

for x in range (8):
  m[0][x]=R

Loops: while loops
If you want to run code repeatedly, loops are very useful.
While loops run as long as a condition is true.

x = 0

while x<=7:
  m[0][x]=R
  x+=1

'x+=1' adds the number '1' to the current value of x.

Nested for-loops At times it can be useful to have a loop inside another loop. If I want to fill the first six rows of the matrix with yellow dots, I can do this with this very short piece of code:

for col in range (8):
  for row in range (6):
    m[row][col]=Y

The full documentation for all the features of the imagi library can be found here.