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In this first iteration, all we need is the Circuit Playground Express. We'll use the A and B buttons on it's face to trigger events, and in response we'll play a short (dot) or long (dash) tone on the onboard speaker.
The code is pretty simple. It continuously checks the two buttons and if one has been pressed it plays a tone for the appropriate length of time. After either tone plays, there's a short delay so the tones don't blur together. After that, the code makes sure the button has been released, or waits until it has. This avoids accidentally generating multiple triggers.
Save the code below as code.py on your Circuit Playground Express.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Dave Astels for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
"""
Circuit Playground Express GBoard: onboard buttons generating tones
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Written by Dave Astels for Adafruit Industries
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"""
import time
from adafruit_circuitplayground.express import cpx
DOT_DURATION = 0.20
DASH_DURATION = 0.5
while True:
if cpx.button_a:
cpx.play_tone(4000, DOT_DURATION)
time.sleep(0.1)
while cpx.button_a:
pass
elif cpx.button_b:
cpx.play_tone(4000, DASH_DURATION)
time.sleep(0.1)
while cpx.button_b:
pass
Now, when you press button A a short tone will sound, and when you press button B a longer tone will sound. The while cpx.button_X: pass code causes it to wait until you release the button before playing the tone again.
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