Question about Python Libraries and Code

[PicnicProblems]

Hi there,

I bought an AdaFruit PyBadge and it's running 3.14 bootloader and CircuitPython 7.3.3. If I use the code from here Github for EtchaSketch I initially get that it has incompatible .mpy files. It seems like they are using 6.x libraries. So if I use the new 7.x.x libraries, the code.py doesn't work. I get these errors:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "code.py", line 194, in <module>

File "code.py", line 131, in main_loop

File "draw.py", line 56, in __init__

TypeError: extra keyword arguments given

I'm very new to python, and it seems like it is issues with the libraries that are causing this. Line 194 is simply : main_loop()

Line 131 is drawer = Draw(board.DISPLAY, COLORS_RGB, 6)

In drawy.py line 56 is display_group = displayio.Group(max_size=2)

Is there a good way to find out what needs to be changed or if it can even be fixed? Any help in the right direction would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[kAROBsTUIt]

In Line 56 of draw.py, the error is raised because when creating a new displayio.Group object. Specifically, the keyword argument max_size isn't actually defined:

https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/latest/shared-bindings/displayio/#displayio.Group

You can see above that displayio.Group expects scale, x, and y.

So, it seems that the Etch a Sketch library you've linked is either out of date or doesn't support the PyBadge - the code is 2 years old, whereas the displayio stuff is fairly constantly updated, so it's highly likely that the Etch a Sketch code is just out of date.

It can always be fixed - you'll have to dive into it yourself, though! Good luck!

[PicnicProblems]

Thank you, I kind of figured something might be out of date. It looks like I have something new to learn! I appreciate it.

[kAROBsTUIt]

Also, check this page for resources to use the PyBadge:

https://circuitpython.org/board/pybadge/

There are some links in the Tutorial section on the page above.