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  1. danya02 revised this gist Feb 9, 2016. No changes.
  2. danya02 created this gist Feb 9, 2016.
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    #!/usr/bin/env python

    from sense_hat import SenseHat
    import time, datetime

    hat = SenseHat()

    year_color = (0, 255, 0)
    month_color = (0, 0, 255)
    day_color = (255, 0, 0)
    hour_color = (0, 255, 0)
    minute_color = (0, 0, 255)
    second_color = (255, 0, 0)
    hundredths_color = (127, 127, 0)
    off = (0, 0, 0)

    hat.clear()

    def display_binary(value, row, color):
    binary_str = "{0:8b}".format(value)
    for x in range(0, 8):
    if binary_str[x] == '1':
    hat.set_pixel(x, row, color)
    else:
    hat.set_pixel(x, row, off)

    while True:
    t = datetime.datetime.now()
    display_binary(t.year % 100, 0, year_color)
    display_binary(t.month, 1, month_color)
    display_binary(t.day, 2, day_color)
    display_binary(t.hour, 3, hour_color)
    display_binary(t.minute, 4, minute_color)
    display_binary(t.second, 5, second_color)
    display_binary(t.microsecond / 10000, 6, hundredths_color)
    time.sleep(0.0001)