Added auto brightness adjustment

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pyc

led_system_monitor.py

@@ -10,7 +10,18 @@ from drawing import make_cpu_grid, draw_to_LEDs
 from monitors import CPUMonitorThread
 
 # External Dependencies
-import serial # pyserial
+try:
+    import serial # pyserial
+    import numpy as np # This is used in a module and we import it here to fetch it if needed
+    import screen_brightness_control as sbc
+except ImportError:
+    import pip
+    for dependency in ["numpy", "pyserial", "screen-brightness-control"]:
+        pip.main(['install', '--user', dependency])
+    import serial
+    import screen_brightness_control as sbc
+
+# print(sbc.get_brightness())
 
 def get_ports():
         """Returns a list of all available serial ports on the system.
@@ -47,18 +58,26 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # print(get_ports())
     port = "COM3"
 
-    cpu_queue = queue.Queue()
+    cpu_queue = queue.Queue(2)
     cpu_monitor = CPUMonitorThread(cpu_queue)
     cpu_monitor.start()
 
     s = serial.Serial(port, 115200)
 
+    min_background_brightness = 10
+    max_background_brightness = 30
+    min_foreground_brightness = 30
+    max_foreground_brightness = 120
+
     while True:
         if not cpu_queue.empty():
             cpu_values = cpu_queue.get()
-            grid = make_cpu_grid(cpu_values, 10, 30)
+            screen_brightness = sbc.get_brightness()[0]
+            background_value = int(screen_brightness / 100 * (max_background_brightness - min_background_brightness) + min_background_brightness)
+            foreground_value = int(screen_brightness / 100 * (max_foreground_brightness - min_foreground_brightness) + min_foreground_brightness)
+            grid = make_cpu_grid(cpu_values, background_value, foreground_value)
             draw_to_LEDs(s, grid)
-        time.sleep(0.1)
+        time.sleep(0.05)
 
 
 

monitors.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class DiskMonitorThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
+            if not self.output_queue.full():
                 disk_io = psutil.disk_io_counters()
                 read_usage = disk_io.read_bytes
                 write_usage = disk_io.write_bytes
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class NetworkMonitorThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
+            if not self.output_queue.full():
                 net_io = psutil.net_io_counters()
                 sent_usage = net_io.bytes_sent
                 recv_usage = net_io.bytes_recv
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ class CPUMonitorThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
+            if not self.output_queue.full():
                 cpu_usage = psutil.cpu_percent(percpu=True)
                 for i in range(self.cpu_count):
                     useage = 2 * max(cpu_usage[2*i], cpu_usage[2*i+1]) # Combine logical cores
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ class MemoryMonitorThread(threading.Thread):
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
+            if not self.output_queue.full():
                 memory_usage = psutil.virtual_memory().percent / 100.0
                 self.memory_usage_history.append(memory_usage)
                 self.history_times.append(time.time())

start.bat

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+py -3 led_system_monitor.py