Fixes #18

examples/KitchenSink/KitchenSink.ino

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #define LCD_DATA_PIN 8
 #define DELAY_SINK 1000
 
+// #define _HTDEBUG
+
 HT1621 lcd;
 void setup() {
   lcd.begin(LCD_CS_PIN, LCD_WR_PIN, LCD_DATA_PIN);

library.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=HT1621
-version=2.1.1
+version=2.1.2
 author=valerio\new (5N44P), anxzhu
 maintainer=valerio\new (5N44P)
 sentence=A library for HT1621 based 7-seg LCDs.

src/HT1621.cpp

@@ -198,22 +198,28 @@ void HT1621::print(long num, const char* flags, int precision){
 
 	char localbuffer[7]; //buffer to work within the function
 	snprintf(localbuffer, 7, flags, num); // convert the decimal into string
-	Serial.begin(9600);
-	Serial.print(localbuffer);
-	Serial.print("\t");
+	#ifdef _HTDEBUG
+		Serial.begin(9600);
+		Serial.print(localbuffer);
+		Serial.print("\t");
+	#endif
 
 	// horrible handling but should get us working. needs refactor in next major
 	if (precision > 0 && (num) < pow(10, precision)) {
 		// we remove extra leading zeros
 		for (int i = 0; i < (5 - precision); i++) {
-			Serial.print(localbuffer[1]);
+			#ifdef _HTDEBUG
+				Serial.print(localbuffer[1]);
+			#endif // _HTDEBUG
 			if(localbuffer[i+1] == '0' && localbuffer[i] != '-'){ // we remove only if there is another zero ahead AND if it's not a minus sign
 				localbuffer[i] = ' ';
 			}
 			else{
 				break;
-			}
-			Serial.println();
+			} 
+			#ifdef _HTDEBUG
+				Serial.println();buffer[1]);
+			#endif // _HTDEBUG
 	}
 	}