Greatly increase speed of drawing image.

RaspberryPi&JetsonNano/python/lib/waveshare_epd/epd7in5_V2.py

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 # * | This version:   V4.0
 # * | Date        :   2019-06-20
 # # | Info        :   python demo
+#
+# Modifications by Dmitry Brant:
+# - Oct 2020: New routines for faster SPI data transfer.
+#
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documnetation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -65,6 +69,12 @@ class EPD:
         epdconfig.spi_writebyte([data])
         epdconfig.digital_write(self.cs_pin, 1)
 
+    def send_data2(self, data):
+        epdconfig.digital_write(self.dc_pin, 1)
+        epdconfig.digital_write(self.cs_pin, 0)
+        epdconfig.SPI.writebytes2(data)
+        epdconfig.digital_write(self.cs_pin, 1)
+
     def ReadBusy(self):
         logging.debug("e-Paper busy")
         self.send_command(0x71)
@@ -113,47 +123,37 @@ class EPD:
         return 0
 
     def getbuffer(self, image):
-        # logging.debug("bufsiz = ",int(self.width/8) * self.height)
+        img = image
-        buf = [0xFF] * (int(self.width/8) * self.height)
+        imwidth, imheight = img.size
-        image_monocolor = image.convert('1')
-        imwidth, imheight = image_monocolor.size
-        pixels = image_monocolor.load()
-        # logging.debug("imwidth = %d, imheight = %d",imwidth,imheight)
         if(imwidth == self.width and imheight == self.height):
-            logging.debug("Vertical")
+            img = img.convert('1')
-            for y in range(imheight):
-                for x in range(imwidth):
-                    # Set the bits for the column of pixels at the current position.
-                    if pixels[x, y] == 0:
-                        buf[int((x + y * self.width) / 8)] &= ~(0x80 >> (x % 8))
         elif(imwidth == self.height and imheight == self.width):
-            logging.debug("Horizontal")
+            img = img.rotate(90, expand=True).convert('1')
-            for y in range(imheight):
+        else:
-                for x in range(imwidth):
+            logging.warning("Wrong image dimensions: must be " + str(self.width) + "x" + str(self.height))
-                    newx = y
+            # return a blank buffer
-                    newy = self.height - x - 1
+            return [0x00] * (int(self.width/8) * self.height)
-                    if pixels[x, y] == 0:
+
-                        buf[int((newx + newy*self.width) / 8)] &= ~(0x80 >> (y % 8))
+        buf = bytearray(img.tobytes('raw'))
+        # The bytes need to be inverted, because in the PIL world 0=black and 1=white, but
+        # in the e-paper world 0=white and 1=black.
+        for i in range(len(buf)):
+            buf[i] ^= 0xFF
         return buf
 
     def display(self, image):
         self.send_command(0x13)
-        for i in range(0, int(self.width * self.height / 8)):
+        self.send_data2(image)
-            self.send_data(~image[i]);
-                
         self.send_command(0x12)
         epdconfig.delay_ms(100)
         self.ReadBusy()
 
     def Clear(self):
+        buf = [0x00] * (int(self.width/8) * self.height)
         self.send_command(0x10)
-        for i in range(0, int(self.width * self.height / 8)):
+        self.send_data2(buf)
-            self.send_data(0x00)
-            
         self.send_command(0x13)
-        for i in range(0, int(self.width * self.height / 8)):
+        self.send_data2(buf)
-            self.send_data(0x00)
-                
         self.send_command(0x12)
         epdconfig.delay_ms(100)
         self.ReadBusy()