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MicroPython Cookbook

You're reading from   MicroPython Cookbook Over 110 practical recipes for programming embedded systems and microcontrollers with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649951
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Marwan Alsabbagh Marwan Alsabbagh
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting started with MicroPython 2. Controlling LEDs FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating Sound and Music 4. Interacting with Buttons 5. Reading Sensor Data 6. Button Bash Game 7. Fruity Tunes 8. Let's Move It, Move It 9. Coding on the micro:bit 10. Controlling the ESP8266 11. Interacting with the Filesystem 12. Networking 13. Interacting with the Adafruit FeatherWing OLED 14. Building an Internet of Things (IoT) Weather Machine 15. Coding on the Adafruit HalloWing Microcontroller 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Controlling screen brightness

This recipe will show you how to control the brightness level on the TFT display that comes with the Adafruit HalloWing device. The brightness can be set to the maximum level or to lower levels by providing a fractional value between 0 and 1. The brightness setting can also be used to turn off the display by setting the brightness level to 0. This recipe can be useful to you in projects where you don't want the screen on all the time, and want to turn it on and off. It can also be helpful when you want to tweak the brightness levels of the backlight to a lower level to reduce power consumption.

Getting ready

You will need access to the REPL on the Adafruit HalloWing device to run the code...

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