// Version 2 of unicorn, uses gif.GIF as store of pixels // & a separate goroutine to render it so it can do // animated GIFs package unicorn import ( "image" "image/gif" "time" ) // Unicorn2 ... // Interface for interacting with the Unicorn HAT HD // Implemented by both real & fake unicorns. type Unicorn2 interface { // Change the image GetGif() *gif.GIF SetGif(*gif.GIF) // Starts the rendering goroutine StartRender() // Must be implemented to actually render the image to device renderImage(image.Image) // Required for os to not think we're stuck MainLoop() } // BaseUnicorn2 ... // Common to both real & fake unicorns! // timing code for rendering & stopping rendering type BaseUnicorn2 struct { g *gif.GIF } func (u *BaseUnicorn2) GetGif() *gif.GIF { return u.g } func (u *BaseUnicorn2) SetGif(g *gif.GIF) { u.g = g } // StartRender ... // Starts rendering the image. If it's an animated image, // renders animation frames. Return a channel to stop the // image rendering. func (u *FakeUnicorn2) StartRender() chan bool { stopChan := make(chan bool) go func() { timer := time.NewTimer(0) imageIndex := 0 running := true for running { select { case <-stopChan: timer.Stop() running = false case <-timer.C: gf := u.GetGif() im := gf.Image[imageIndex] delay := gf.Delay[imageIndex] //100ths of a second, 10^-2 u.renderImage(im) timer.Reset(time.Duration(delay * 10000000)) // nanoseconds 10^-9 sec imageIndex = (imageIndex + 1) % len(gf.Image) } } }() return stopChan }