# This example borrows a CircuitPython hsv_to_rgb function to cycle through some rainbows on Pico Display's screen and RGB LED . If you're into rainbows, HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) is very useful! import utime import picodisplay as display # Comment this line out to use PicoDisplay2 # import picodisplay2 as display # Uncomment this line to use PicoDisplay2 # Set up and initialise Pico Display buf = bytearray(display.get_width() * display.get_height() * 2) display.init(buf) display.set_backlight(0.8) # From CPython Lib/colorsys.py def hsv_to_rgb(h, s, v): if s == 0.0: return v, v, v i = int(h * 6.0) f = (h * 6.0) - i p = v * (1.0 - s) q = v * (1.0 - s * f) t = v * (1.0 - s * (1.0 - f)) i = i % 6 if i == 0: return v, t, p if i == 1: return q, v, p if i == 2: return p, v, t if i == 3: return p, q, v if i == 4: return t, p, v if i == 5: return v, p, q h = 0 while True: h += 1 r, g, b = [int(255 * c) for c in hsv_to_rgb(h / 360.0, 1.0, 1.0)] # rainbow magic display.set_led(r, g, b) # Set LED to a converted HSV value display.set_pen(r, g, b) # Set pen to a converted HSV value display.clear() # Fill the screen with the colour display.set_pen(0, 0, 0) # Set pen to black display.text("pico disco!", 10, 10, 240, 6) # Add some text display.update() # Update the display utime.sleep(1.0 / 60)