Merge branch 'master' into master

Author: RichardA1

PyPortal_on_this_day/code.py

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+"""
+'of this day' demo
+Display notable info about famous electronics-related peoples
+Data sources: https://github.com/adafruit/OTD/tree/master/electronics
+"""
+
+import time
+import board
+from adafruit_pyportal import PyPortal
+
+cwd = ("/"+__file__).rsplit('/', 1)[0] # the current working directory (where this file is)
+
+DAY = ["Day of the year"]
+PERSON = ["Person"]
+NOTABLE = ["Notable for"]
+YEAR = ["Year"]
+ACCOMPLISH = ["Accomplishment"]
+WEB = ["Web Reference"]
+
+BASE_DATA = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/OTD/master/electronics/"
+
+# a function that returns whatever is passed in
+def identity(x):
+    return x
+
+# create pyportal object w no data source (we'll feed it text later)
+pyportal = PyPortal(url = BASE_DATA, debug=True,
+                    json_path = (DAY, PERSON, NOTABLE, YEAR, ACCOMPLISH, WEB),
+                    status_neopixel = board.NEOPIXEL,
+                    default_bg = cwd + "/on_this_day_bg.bmp",
+                    text_font = cwd+"fonts/Arial-ItalicMT-17.bdf",
+                    text_transform = [identity]*6,  # we do this so the date doesnt get commas
+                    text_position=((10, 70), (10, 100), (10, 130),(60, 160), (105, 190), (10, 220)),
+                    text_color=(0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFF),
+                    text_maxlen=(50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50), # cut off characters
+                   )
+
+while True:
+    try:
+        print("Getting time from internet!")
+        pyportal.get_local_time()
+        refresh_time = time.monotonic()
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+        continue
+
+    now = time.localtime()
+    print("Current time:", now)
+    url = BASE_DATA+"%02d_%02d.json" % (now.tm_mon, now.tm_mday)
+    print(url)
+    response = None
+    try:
+        response = pyportal.fetch(url)
+        print("Response is", response)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print("Some error occured, retrying! -", e)
+
+    # Make a QR code from web reference
+    pyportal.show_QR(bytearray(response[5]), qr_size=3,
+                     x=220, y=10)
+
+    # wait 10 minutes before running again
+    time.sleep(10*60)