Inkplate 6 MicroPython - Drawing Graphics

Inkplate 6 allows you to draw different geometric shapes anywhere on its 800 x 600 px canvas. The shapes can be filled or hollow

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Drawing Shapes

Below is a example that demonstrates how to draw basic shapes in Black-White display mode.

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If you want to use the grayscale mode, simply change the constructor value and instead of using inkplate.BLACK use a numeric value: 0-3

from inkplate6 import Inkplate
import time

inkplate = Inkplate(Inkplate.INKPLATE_1BIT)
inkplate.begin()
inkplate.clearDisplay()
inkplate.display()

inkplate.drawPixel(100, 100, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawRect(50, 50, 75, 75, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawCircle(200, 200, 30, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.fillCircle(300, 300, 30, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawFastHLine(20, 100, 50, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawFastVLine(100, 20, 50, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawLine(100, 100, 400, 400, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawRoundRect(100, 10, 100, 100, 10, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.fillRoundRect(10, 100, 100, 100, 10, inkplate.BLACK)
inkplate.drawTriangle(300, 100, 400, 150, 400, 100, inkplate.BLACK)

inkplate.display()

inkplate.drawPixel()

Set a single pixel in the frame buffer.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	X coordinate.
Number	y	Y coordinate.
Const	color	Color constant (BLACK or WHITE in BW mode).

inkplate.drawRect()

Draw an unfilled rectangle outline.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	Left X.
Number	y	Top Y.
Number	w	Width in pixels.
Number	h	Height in pixels.
Const	color	Outline color.

inkplate.drawCircle()

Draw an unfilled circle.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x0	Center X.
Number	y0	Center Y.
Number	r	Radius in pixels.
Const	color	Outline color.

inkplate.fillCircle()

Draw a filled circle.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x0	Center X.
Number	y0	Center Y.
Number	r	Radius in pixels.
Const	color	Fill color.

inkplate.drawFastHLine()

Draw a horizontal line quickly.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	Start X.
Number	y	Y position.
Number	w	Line width in pixels.
Const	color	Line color.

inkplate.drawFastVLine()

Draw a vertical line quickly.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	X position.
Number	y	Start Y.
Number	h	Line height in pixels.
Const	color	Line color.

inkplate.drawLine()

Draw a line from one point to another.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x0	Start X.
Number	y0	Start Y.
Number	x1	End X.
Number	y1	End Y.
Const	color	Line color.

inkplate.drawRoundRect()

Draw an unfilled rectangle with rounded corners.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	Left X.
Number	y	Top Y.
Number	w	Width in pixels.
Number	h	Height in pixels.
Number	radius	Corner radius in pixels.
Const	color	Outline color.

inkplate.fillRoundRect()

Draw a filled rectangle with rounded corners.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x	Left X.
Number	y	Top Y.
Number	w	Width in pixels.
Number	h	Height in pixels.
Number	radius	Corner radius in pixels.
Const	color	Fill color.

inkplate.drawTriangle()

Draw a triangle outline using three vertices.

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
Number	x0	Vertex A X.
Number	y0	Vertex A Y.
Number	x1	Vertex B X.
Number	y1	Vertex B Y.
Number	x2	Vertex C X.
Number	y2	Vertex C Y.
Const	color	Outline color.

Simple predefined shapes.