Added loading screen show function.

Added a loading screen - ProotScreen.
Added a loading screen display function.

rpi/antRender.py

@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ class Point2D:
         return (self.x, self.y) == (other.x, other.y)
 
 
+def set_ProotScreen():
+    prootScreen_frame_canvas = matrix.CreateFrameCanvas()
+    image_prootScreen = Image.open("faces/eyeLeftOpen.png")
+    prootScreen_frame_canvas.SetImage(image_prootScreen, unsafe=False)
+    matrix.SwapOnVSync(prootScreen_frame_canvas)
+    
+
 def mirror_points(points: list[Point2D]) -> list[Point2D]:
     mirrored_points = []
     for point in points:
@@ -148,6 +155,14 @@ def interpolate_point_pairs(pairs: list[tuple[Point2D, Point2D]], percentage: fl
     return interpolated_points
 
 
+print("start setting ProotScreen")
+startT = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
+# setting ProotScreen, This is the loading splash screen
+set_ProotScreen()
+
+endT = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
+print("setting ProotScreen took: " + str(endT - startT) + " ms")
+
 
 
 print("start configuring matrix")
@@ -290,6 +305,11 @@ client.loop_start()
 
 
 while True:
+    # this sleep sets the time between finishing one screen update and the next starting
+    # TODO replace this mechanism with an interupt to use the cpu time between frame updates.
     time.sleep(0.01)
     update_screen()
-    
+    
+
+# TODO create a splash screen to display super quick before the rest of the assets are loading
+