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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import time
+import datetime
+
+from Adafruit_LED_Backpack import SevenSegment
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# Clock Example
+# ===========================================================================
+segment = SevenSegment.SevenSegment(address=0x70)
+
+# Initialize the display. Must be called once before using the display.
+segment.begin()
+
+print "Press CTRL+Z to exit"
+
+# Continually update the time on a 4 char, 7-segment display
+while(True):
+  now = datetime.datetime.now()
+  hour = now.hour
+  minute = now.minute
+  second = now.second
+
+  segment.clear()
+  # Set hours
+  segment.set_digit(0, int(hour / 10))     # Tens
+  segment.set_digit(1, hour % 10)          # Ones
+  # Set minutes
+  segment.set_digit(2, int(minute / 10))   # Tens
+  segment.set_digit(3, minute % 10)        # Ones
+  # Toggle colon
+  segment.set_colon(second % 2)              # Toggle colon at 1Hz
+
+  # Write the display buffer to the hardware.  This must be called to
+  # update the actual display LEDs.
+  segment.write_display()
+
+  # Wait a quarter second (less than 1 second to prevent colon blinking getting$
+  time.sleep(0.25)
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