@bigdots-io/display-engine v0.12.1

Bigdots Display Engine

Interested in just rendering a display? Checkout the Web Client!

Install & Usage

npm install --save @bigdots-io/display-engine

import { createDisplayEngine } from "@bigdots-io/display-engine";
import { MacroName } from "@bigdots-io/display-engine/lib/types";

createDisplayEngine({
  macroName: MacroName.Twinkle,
  onPixelChange: ({ y, x, hex }) => {
    // Update the frontend of your display
  },
});

Fonts

The following fonts are available to use when displaying text on your bigdots.io LED board.

System 6

The smallest possible font, 6 dots high.

• Identifer: system-6
• Monospace: Yes
• Uppercase supported: Yes
• Lowercase supported: No
• Numbers supported: Yes
• Punction supported: Yes

System 16

Designed for at least 16 dots high, though top and bottom padding is builtin.

• Identifer: system-16
• Monospace: No
• Uppercase supported: Yes
• Lowercase supported: Yes
• Numbers supported: Yes
• Punction supported: Yes

Macros

These are all the available display macros for BigDots.io LED displays.

Twinkle

{
  color: "#FFFFFF";
}

Marquee

The classic LED panel usecase...

{
  color: '#FFFFFF',
  backgroundColor: '#000000',
  font: 'system-16',
  text: 'Replace with marquee text!',
  speed: 50
}

Programmable

It's all on you. Use the the Node API to do whatever you want!

Counter

Display a sum of an item or items via json from a url. The url should return json in the following structure...

[{ "count": 12540 }]

{
  loadingBarColor: '#333333',
  iconColor: '#FFFFFF',
  countColor: '#FFFFFF',
  icon: null,
  url: '',
  refreshInterval: 60
}

Solid Color

{
  color: "#FFFFFF";
}

Image

{
  url: '',
  speed: 10 // for GIFs
}