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Version 1.0 / paulvha / april 2016

This is a driver + example code to display message on a 1388asr

For detailed information about this project see the display_1388asr.odt file.

Installation instructions

Depending on the library you want to use either first install BCM2835 library or the wiringPi. WiringPi is slower and requires root permissions to run, but is more common used.

wiringPi library
0. cd /home/pi 
1. git clone git://git.drogon.net/wiringPi

#make the utilities
2. cd wiringPi
3. ./build

#create a static library in the right place !!!! important !!!!
4. cd wiringPi	# again to next sub-directory!!!
5. make static
6. sudo make install-static

….OR...

BCM2835 library
Install latest from BCM2835 from : http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/
0. cd /home/pi 
1. wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.50.tar.gz
2. tar -zxf bcm2835-1.50.tar.g     #1.50 is version at the time of writing
3. cd bcm2835-1.50
4. ./configure
5. sudo make check
6. sudo make install

Install the 1388asr  utilities/ library
1. cd /home/pi
2. tar -xzvf 1388asr.tar.gz
3. cd  1388asr

To use the BCM2835 :  
	copy bcm2835.h from bcm2835-1.50/src to 1388asr directory
	./build_led bcm
		
		OR

To use the wiringPi library :  ./build_led pi

./testled will start ONE of the examples: ask for a your string to display and will show that rolling on the display.  There are more examples in led_ex.c, but these have been commented out and can be used for your references.