Challenge - bin2header.py won't work for me (yet)

[mikehains]

OK ... so I've created simple 16 colour bmp files (32x34 pixels) using each of the 3 different alternatives: GIMP + ImageMagick + Paint

I've got Python 3.0 running and have attempted to use bin2header.py. The output I get is:

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>>> os.popen("python bin2header.py output.bmp")
<os._wrap_close object at 0x00000000025C0780>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin2header.py", line 110, in <module>
    bin2header(args.input, output)
  File "bin2header.py", line 75, in bin2header
    as_hex = [ ("0x%02x" % b) for b in content ]
TypeError: %x format: a number is required, not str

Clearly I'm doing something wrong. Looking for help (Thanking You in advance)

[mikehains]

OK - so here's how I solved this ... pretty easy actually !

I simply put the images on the SD card, loaded them through the module, and wrote back via serial the data that the FTOLED will be happy with. Then I just copied and pasted this data in an "h" file mimicking the "sprite" example ... works like a charm !

The little Arduino sketch I wrote to read back the file from sd card is very simple:

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#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>
#include <FTOLED.h>
#include <fonts/SystemFont5x7.h>

const byte pin_cs = 7;
const byte pin_dc = 2;
const byte pin_reset = 3;
const byte pin_sd_cs = 4;

OLED oled(pin_cs, pin_dc, pin_reset);

#define MSG_NOSD F("MicroSD card not found")
#define MSG_FILENOTFOUND F("Label.bmp not found")
#define MSG_BMPFAIL F("Failed to load BMP: ")

OLED_TextBox text(oled);

void setup()
{
  byte vCount =0;
  byte vReadByte;
  Serial.begin(115200);
  oled.begin();
  oled.selectFont(SystemFont5x7);

  while(!SD.begin(pin_sd_cs)) {
    Serial.println(MSG_NOSD);
    text.println(MSG_NOSD);
    delay(500);
  }
  oled.begin();  // Faster ?

  File image = SD.open("bulboff.bmp");
  if(!image) {
    text.println(MSG_FILENOTFOUND);
    Serial.println(MSG_FILENOTFOUND);
  } else {
    while (image.available()) {
      vReadByte = image.read();
      Serial.print("0x");
      Serial.print(vReadByte,HEX);
      vCount++;
      if (vCount < 16) {
         Serial.print(", ");
      }
      else {
         Serial.println(",");
         vCount = 0;        
      }
    }

    BMP_Status result = oled.displayBMP(image, 0, 0);
    if(result != BMP_OK) {
      Serial.print(MSG_BMPFAIL);
      Serial.println((int) result);
      text.print(MSG_BMPFAIL);
      text.println((int) result);
    }
  }
}

void loop()
{
}

[angusgr]

Nice solution!

To get things running with Python, try running

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python3 bin2header.py output.bmp

- depending on the system you're on, Python may default to Python 2 not 3.