Sugar - Five-way Rocker

Introduction

This is a five-way joystick, which can detect the values of the four directions of the X and Y horizontal axes and the vertical axis press. It is a relatively special I2C module.

Parameters

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Dimension	24 x 24 x 23 mm
Weight	7 g
Type	I2C
Range	X: -255~255 Y: -255~255 Z: Pressed or not

 Circuit Connection

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Connect the joystick module to the Robotbit Edu's blue I2C interface using a 4PIN terminal wire. Turn on the Robotbit power supply to see the red light at the bottom of the photosensitive module light up (the module is normally powered)

Coding

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Using Kittenblock

You can concatenate strings (numbers will be converted to strings) using the Join block under the Operation block category.

info

Due to poor online interaction real-time performance, it is recommended to upload the program and run it on the Future board. If you are not sure how to upload offline, please refer to Quick Start

danger

Note that the colon in the English character string block should be an English colon (please do not enter the Chinese input method)

Joystick Direction Value

value(dir)

• dir: Select direction
  • 'x': X axis, return value range -255~255
  • 'y': Y axis, return value range -255~255 state()
• Return value:
  • Default state: 'none'
  • Other states: Detect 5-way state, according to the trigger state can return "pressed", "left", "right", "up" or "down".

from future import *
from sugar import *
joystick = Joystick()
screen.sync = 0
while True:
    screen.fill((0, 0, 0))
    screen.text(str("X: ")+str(joystick.value('x')), x = 5, y = 10)
    screen.text(str("Y: ")+str(joystick.value('y')), x = 5, y = 30)
    if joystick.state() == 'pressed':
        screen.text("Pressed", x = 5, y = 50)
    screen.refresh()

Effect Display

Print the data of the X and Y axes on the Future Board screen. When the joystick is pressed, the third line of the screen will display Pressed

Using on Microbit

Programming platform

Microsoft MakeCode for micro:bit Use Makecode programming platform

Add Sugar Plugin

Search for Sugar in the extensions, click Add

Building Blocks-Function Description

Sr. No.	Building Block Image	Building Block Function
1		Read Joystick Status
2		Read Joystick Raw Value

Circuit Connection

		Microbit Interface	Cable
	Sugar cube joystick module	I2C	Black PH2.0-4Pin interface cable

Case: Control display