TFT_eSPI/examples/160 x 128/Arduino_Life/Arduino_Life.ino

//The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton
//devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970.
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life

// See license at end of file.

// Adapted by Bodmer

#include <TFT_eSPI.h> // Hardware-specific library
#include <SPI.h>

TFT_eSPI tft = TFT_eSPI();       // Invoke custom library

// Maximum number of generations until the screen is refreshed
#define MAX_GEN_COUNT 500

// The ESP8266 has plenty of memory so we can create a large array
// 2 x 2 pixel cells, array size = 5120 bytes per array, runs fast
#define GRIDX 80
#define GRIDY 64
#define CELLXY 2

// 1 x 1 pixel cells, array size = 20480 bytes per array
//#define GRIDX 160
//#define GRIDY 128
//#define CELLXY 1

#define GEN_DELAY 10 // Set a delay between each generation to slow things down

//Current grid and newgrid arrays are needed
uint8_t grid[GRIDX][GRIDY];

//The new grid for the next generation
uint8_t newgrid[GRIDX][GRIDY];

//Number of generations
uint16_t genCount = 0;

void setup()   {

  //Set up the display
  tft.init();
  tft.setRotation(3);
  tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK);
  tft.setTextSize(1);
  tft.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE);
  tft.setCursor(0, 0);

}

void loop() {

  //Display a simple splash screen
  tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK);
  tft.setTextSize(2);
  tft.setTextColor(TFT_WHITE);
  tft.setCursor(40, 5);
  tft.println(F("Arduino"));
  tft.setCursor(35, 25);
  tft.println(F("Cellular"));
  tft.setCursor(35, 45);
  tft.println(F("Automata"));

  delay(1000);

  tft.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK);

  initGrid();

  genCount = MAX_GEN_COUNT;

  drawGrid();

  //Compute generations
  for (int gen = 0; gen < genCount; gen++)
  {
    computeCA();
    drawGrid();
    delay(GEN_DELAY);
    for (int16_t x = 1; x < GRIDX-1; x++) {
      for (int16_t y = 1; y < GRIDY-1; y++) {
        grid[x][y] = newgrid[x][y];
      }
    }

  }
}

//Draws the grid on the display
void drawGrid(void) {

  uint16_t color = TFT_WHITE;
  for (int16_t x = 1; x < GRIDX - 1; x++) {
    for (int16_t y = 1; y < GRIDY - 1; y++) {
      if ((grid[x][y]) != (newgrid[x][y])) {
        if (newgrid[x][y] == 1) color = 0xFFFF; //random(0xFFFF);
        else color = 0;
        tft.fillRect(CELLXY * x, CELLXY * y, CELLXY, CELLXY, color);
      }
    }
  }
}

//Initialise Grid
void initGrid(void) {
  for (int16_t x = 0; x < GRIDX; x++) {
    for (int16_t y = 0; y < GRIDY; y++) {
      newgrid[x][y] = 0;

      if (x == 0 || x == GRIDX - 1 || y == 0 || y == GRIDY - 1) {
        grid[x][y] = 0;
      }
      else {
        if (random(3) == 1)
          grid[x][y] = 1;
        else
          grid[x][y] = 0;
      }

    }
  }
}

//Compute the CA. Basically everything related to CA starts here
void computeCA() {
  for (int16_t x = 1; x < GRIDX; x++) {
    for (int16_t y = 1; y < GRIDY; y++) {
      int neighbors = getNumberOfNeighbors(x, y);
      if (grid[x][y] == 1 && (neighbors == 2 || neighbors == 3 ))
      {
        newgrid[x][y] = 1;
      }
      else if (grid[x][y] == 1)  newgrid[x][y] = 0;
      if (grid[x][y] == 0 && (neighbors == 3))
      {
        newgrid[x][y] = 1;
      }
      else if (grid[x][y] == 0) newgrid[x][y] = 0;
    }
  }
}

// Check the Moore neighborhood
int getNumberOfNeighbors(int x, int y) {
  return grid[x - 1][y] + grid[x - 1][y - 1] + grid[x][y - 1] + grid[x + 1][y - 1] + grid[x + 1][y] + grid[x + 1][y + 1] + grid[x][y + 1] + grid[x - 1][y + 1];
}

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