from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from time import sleep, perf_counter
from datetime import datetime
import board
import digitalio
import adafruit_character_lcd.character_lcd as characterlcd


lcd_columns = 16
lcd_rows = 2

lcd_rs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D16)
lcd_en = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D17)
lcd_d4 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D13)
lcd_d5 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D6)
lcd_d6 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D5)
lcd_d7 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D26)


lcd = characterlcd.Character_LCD_Mono(lcd_rs, lcd_en, lcd_d4, lcd_d5, lcd_d6,
                                      lcd_d7, lcd_columns, lcd_rows)

lcd.clear()


def write(row1, row2):
    lcd.message = row1.ljust(16)[:16] + "\n" + row2.ljust(16)[:16]