A Python tool to quickly prototype Adafruit GFX displays in Python

pydafruit_gfx is a Python tool to quickly prototype Adafruit GFX displays in Python by hackster.io user mars91.

I find it frustrating when building a display (with Arduino + hardware), you have to: flash the board, a cable can go bad, a wire pops loose, or the board can decides to brick itself. I end up spending 10–20 seconds (if I’m lucky) just to see if moving a font three pixels to the left “feels right”.

I’ve always wanted a faster way to prototype display layouts and graphics, so I built this Python tool.

Instead of mimicking Adafruit’s GFX code, why not just use it.

Pydafruit GFX uses:

• Adafruit GFX graphics code
• SDL (a display window that works on macOS, Linux, and Windows)
• pybind11

Using Adafruit’s actual GFX code is great because there’s no uncertainty. Did the font copy correctly? Is that function actually implemented correctly? So instead – just use their code. Their code is the source of truth.

Check out the code on GitHub and more info on hackster.io.

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