From cff1039a6dfde4d515c439c81c5201cf50cda0c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Wood <simon@mungewell.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 20:19:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] First pass at rotation

Mostly works on ECBUYING, but weirdness with diagonals (ie 'V' doesn't look right)
---
 ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py b/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
index 35d0667..3ce40a3 100644
--- a/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
+++ b/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class HT16K33Segment14(HT16K33):
 
     def __init__(self, i2c, i2c_address=0x70, is_ht16k33=False, board=UNKNOWN, do_enable_display=True):
         self.buffer = bytearray(16)
+        self.is_rotated = False
 
         # FROM 4.1.0
         # Provide backwards compatibility with 4.0.x
@@ -64,6 +65,16 @@ def __init__(self, i2c, i2c_address=0x70, is_ht16k33=False, board=UNKNOWN, do_en
 
     # *********** PUBLIC FUNCTIONS **********
 
+    def rotate(self):
+        """
+        Rotate/flip the segment display.
+
+        Returns:
+            The instance (self)
+        """
+        self.is_rotated = not self.is_rotated
+        return self
+
     def set_glyph(self, glyph, digit=0, has_dot=False):
         """
         Puts the input character matrix (a 16-bit integer) into the specified row,
@@ -228,6 +239,58 @@ def set_decimal(self, is_on=True):
         # This only works on SparkFun Alphanumeric.
         return self._set_furniture(self.VK16K33_SEG14_DECIMAL_BYTE, is_on)
 
+    def draw(self):
+        """
+        Writes the current display buffer to the display itself.
+
+        Call this method after updating the buffer to update
+        the LED itself. Rotation handled here.
+        """
+        if self.is_rotated:
+            # Swap msb/lsb for digits 0,3 and 1,2
+            a = self.buffer[0]
+            b = self.buffer[1]
+            self.buffer[0] = self.buffer[6]
+            self.buffer[1] = self.buffer[7]
+            self.buffer[6] = a
+            self.buffer[7] = b
+
+            a = self.buffer[2]
+            b = self.buffer[3]
+            self.buffer[2] = self.buffer[4]
+            self.buffer[3] = self.buffer[5]
+            self.buffer[4] = a
+            self.buffer[5] = b
+
+            # Rotate segments for each msb/lsb
+            for i in range(0, 8, 2):
+                a = self.buffer[i] + (self.buffer[i+1] << 8)
+
+                '''
+                b11 = a & 0x0800
+                b13 = a & 0x2000
+                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 < 2) | (b13 > 2)
+                '''
+
+                b = (a & 0b0000011100000111) << 3
+                c = (a & 0b0011100000111000) >> 3
+                d = (a & 0b0000000001000000) << 1
+                e = (a & 0b0000000010000000) >> 1
+
+                a &= 0b0100000000000000     # Decimal Point remains
+                a = (a | b | c | d | e)
+
+                '''
+                b11 = a & 0x0800
+                b13 = a & 0x2000
+                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 < 2) | (b13 > 2)
+                '''
+
+                self.buffer[i] = a & 0xFF
+                self.buffer[i+1] = a >> 8
+
+        self._render()
+
     # *********** PRIVATE FUNCTIONS (DO NOT CALL) **********
 
     def _set_furniture(self, digit, state):

From c0bae6d5e96a6e651f402179f40e28083cc0f356 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Wood <simon@mungewell.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 21:06:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix diagonals

Had a mistype with '<<' and '>>' operators....
---
 ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py b/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
index 3ce40a3..354cb32 100644
--- a/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
+++ b/ht16k33/ht16k33segment14.py
@@ -266,11 +266,9 @@ def draw(self):
             for i in range(0, 8, 2):
                 a = self.buffer[i] + (self.buffer[i+1] << 8)
 
-                '''
                 b11 = a & 0x0800
                 b13 = a & 0x2000
-                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 < 2) | (b13 > 2)
-                '''
+                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 << 2) | (b13 >> 2)
 
                 b = (a & 0b0000011100000111) << 3
                 c = (a & 0b0011100000111000) >> 3
@@ -280,11 +278,9 @@ def draw(self):
                 a &= 0b0100000000000000     # Decimal Point remains
                 a = (a | b | c | d | e)
 
-                '''
                 b11 = a & 0x0800
                 b13 = a & 0x2000
-                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 < 2) | (b13 > 2)
-                '''
+                a =  (a & 0x57FF) | (b11 << 2) | (b13 >> 2)
 
                 self.buffer[i] = a & 0xFF
                 self.buffer[i+1] = a >> 8