mlgnez/image_to_micro-bit

Image encoder that takes 5x5 pixel images, then encodes them into the matrices format that BBC Microbits use. Good luck reading this!

Image encoder for microbits.

Takes 5x5 pixel images and encodes them into a matrice that the microbit reads as a custom image.

INSTRUCTIONS: (this is the way I got this to work)

1. Create a new pycharm project and github repo.
2. Add these files to the project and the repo.
3. Change line 7 of square.py to the link to the images in your repo. (You need to run square.py for each image and change line 7 each time with the image link | This will add to better_img.txt, which is what microbit_square.py reads and displays.)
4. Open https://python.microbit.org/v/2
5. Connect your microbit.
6. Copy and paste the code from "microbit_square.py" into the editor.
7. Flash to the microbit.
8. Go into pycharm, and at the bottom click on the terminal tab.
9. Input 'ufs put better_img.txt' (without the '' btw) (optional) 8A. Input ufs ls (this shows all files on the microbit. It should main.py and better_img.txt)
10. Press the black button on the back top of the microbit. This will re-fresh the program on the microbit, which will now not show a sad face and an error, but instead the first image. Then, press a or b to go forward or back in the image slideshow. (This requires that you have done #3 atleast once to get 1 image. To get multiple images, do #3 multiple times with multiple images.)