RE: Raspberry Pi Sense Hat - Enabling The Joystick

tonygo — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:18:55 GMT

Very useful blog - thanks.

How do you make it work in Python 3?

Why has the update not been included in the official update list?

I used pygame to get it to work

"""

# Modified from Astro Pi Guide for Teachers
# raspberrypi.org/resources
# Tony Goodhew 26 Sept 2015
import pygame

from pygame.locals import *
from sense_hat import SenseHat

pygame.init()
pygame.display.set_mode((90,5))#Big enough

sense = SenseHat()
sense.clear()

print("Steer the BLOB with the joystick")
print(" * Up, Down, Left or Right *\n")
print("Quit with Joystick Centre Button, RETURN or ESC\n")

running = True

x = 0
y = 0
sense.set_pixel(x, y, 255, 255, 255)

while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == KEYDOWN:
            sense.set_pixel(x, y, 0, 0, 0) # Black 0,0,0 means OFF

            if event.key == pygame.K_DOWN and y < 7:
                y = y + 1
            elif event.key == pygame.K_UP and y > 0:
                y = y - 1
            elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT and x < 7:
                x = x + 1
            elif event.key == pygame.K_LEFT and x > 0:
                x = x - 1
            elif event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
                running = False
                sense.clear()
                print("** BYE from Joystick **")
            if running: sense.set_pixel(x, y, 255, 255, 255)

        if event.type == QUIT:
            running = False
            sense.clear()
            print(" ++ BYE from mouse QUIT ++")

"""

RE: Raspberry Pi Sense Hat - Enabling The Joystick

spannerspencer — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:27:42 GMT

Excellent work Lucie -- really useful. Thanks for this!

And check out that Metro Cross wallpaper!! I LOVE that game -- not played it in soooo long [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-6758fe33-bde6-4280-8056-be6ee3284a25/contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16] Had it on the Speccy and Amiga!

RE: Raspberry Pi Sense Hat - Enabling The Joystick

Jan Cumps — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 17:32:51 GMT

what's in the chillstep folder on your desktop?