Added a new feature

[kdschlosser]

I added a feature to the touch drivers that allows user input to have the highest priority. So when a user does something like scrolling the display it should make the scrolling a lot smoother. It will also update the display immediately if there is user input instead of waiting for the refresh timer to update the display.

To use this feature call the method enable_input_priority in the touch driver...

indev = gt911,GT911(...)
indev.enable_input_priority()

it's as simple as that...

[fabse-hack]

nice! i have to order more displays 😆

thank you for all your work! is amazing & game changing for micropython and all projects with a display.

[dcmcshan]

Very interested in running on Core 0 - do you have test code I can try?

[kdschlosser]

everything is always running on core 0. core 1 is what doesn't get used by MicroPython. core 1 is what gets used for Blueteeth and Wifi and that's about all it gets used for I think.

[fabse-hack]

don't bother with asynchio. most of it runs in Python code in MicroPython. it is slow and doesn't offer any real benefit.

hmmm but, i have some simultan runs, how i can handle it without asyncio ? i think a good example is a blinky led, how the led can blink and call some other functions on the same time? ...... (okay, maybe can code with some spagetthi code, but not with object orientated programming) ...or with threads?

[kdschlosser]

threads!!! you got it....

When using MicroPython your code should run in a loop. The "main thread" is the REPL and it should be left to handle that. all of your code that runs should be running in a different thread that runs in a loop. This will allow you to connect via serial and get a REPL prompt. You should add an exit routing for the thread that you can run from the REPL prompt that will tell the thread to exit.

I would need to see your code in order to determine the best plan of action on how to set things up.

[fabse-hack]

ah thanks!!! I will look at this. I just found out, that threads is available 🤓

[picpic020960]

AIOREPPL is good for main loop control, no?