pxt-calliope/libs/microbit/_locales/microbit-strings.json

{
  "Math.randomBoolean": "Generates a `true` or `false` value randomly, just like flipping a coin.",
  "String.fromCharCode": "Make a string from the given ASCII character code.",
  "basic": "Provides access to basic micro:bit functionality.",
  "basic.clearScreen": "Turn off all LEDs",
  "basic.forever": "Repeats the code forever in the background. On each iteration, allows other codes to run.",
  "basic.pause": "Pause for the specified time in milliseconds",
  "basic.plotLeds": "Draws an image on the LED screen.",
  "basic.showAnimation": "Shows a sequence of LED screens as an animation.",
  "basic.showLeds": "Draws an image on the LED screen.",
  "basic.showNumber": "Scroll a number on the screen. If the number fits on the screen (i.e. is a single digit), do not scroll.",
  "basic.showString": "Display text on the display, one character at a time. If the string fits on the screen (i.e. is one letter), does not scroll.",
  "control": "Runtime and event utilities.",
  "control.inBackground": "Schedules code that run in the background.",
  "control.reset": "Resets the BBC micro:bit.",
  "game": "A single-LED sprite game engine",
  "game.addScore": "Adds points to the current score",
  "game.gameOver": "Displays a game over animation.",
  "game.score": "Gets the current score",
  "game.setScore": "Sets the current score value",
  "game.startCountdown": "Starts a game countdown timer",
  "images": "Creation, manipulation and display of LED images.",
  "images.createBigImage": "Creates an image with 2 frames.",
  "images.createImage": "Creates an image that fits on the LED screen.",
  "input": "Events and data from sensors",
  "input.acceleration": "Get the acceleration value in milli-gravitys (when the board is laying flat with the screen up, x=0, y=0 and z=-1024)",
  "input.buttonIsPressed": "Get the button state (pressed or not) for ``A`` and ``B``.",
  "input.calibrate": "Obsolete, compass calibration is automatic.",
  "input.compassHeading": "Get the current compass compass heading in degrees.",
  "input.lightLevel": "Reads the light level applied to the LED screen in a range from ``0`` (dark) to ``255`` bright.",
  "input.magneticForce": "Get the magnetic force value in ``micro-Teslas`` (``µT``). This function is not supported in the simulator.",
  "input.onButtonPressed": "Do something when a button (``A``, ``B`` or both ``A+B``) is pressed",
  "input.onGesture": "Attaches code to run when the screen is facing up.",
  "input.onLogoDown": "Attaches code to run when the logo is oriented downwards and the board is vertical.",
  "input.onLogoUp": "Attaches code to run when the logo is oriented upwards and the board is vertical.",
  "input.onPinPressed": "Do something when a pin(``P0``, ``P1`` or both ``P2``) is pressed.",
  "input.onScreenDown": "Attaches code to run when the screen is facing down.",
  "input.onScreenUp": "Attaches code to run when the screen is facing up.",
  "input.onShake": "Attaches code to run when the device is shaken.",
  "input.pinIsPressed": "Get the pin state (pressed or not). Requires to hold the ground to close the circuit.",
  "input.rotation": "The pitch of the device, rotation along the ``x-axis``, in degrees.",
  "input.runningTime": "Gets the number of milliseconds elapsed since power on.",
  "input.setAccelerometerRange": "Sets the accelerometer sample range in gravities.",
  "input.temperature": "Gets the temperature in Celsius degrees (°C).",
  "led": "Control of the LED screen.",
  "led.brightness": "Get the screen brightness from 0 (off) to 255 (full bright).",
  "led.fadeIn": "Fades in the screen display.",
  "led.fadeOut": "Fades out the screen brightness.",
  "led.plot": "Turn on the specified LED using x, y coordinates (x is horizontal, y is vertical). (0,0) is upper left.",
  "led.plotAll": "Turns all LEDS on",
  "led.plotBarGraph": "Displays a vertical bar graph based on the `value` and `high` value.\nIf `high` is 0, the chart gets adjusted automatically.",
  "led.point": "Get the on/off state of the specified LED using x, y coordinates. (0,0) is upper left.",
  "led.screenshot": "Takes a screenshot of the LED screen and returns an image.",
  "led.setBrightness": "Set the screen brightness from 0 (off) to 255 (full bright).",
  "led.setDisplayMode": "Sets the display mode between black and white and greyscale for rendering LEDs.",
  "led.stopAnimation": "Cancels the current animation and clears other pending animations.",
  "led.toggle": "Toggles a particular pixel",
  "led.toggleAll": "Inverts the current LED display",
  "led.unplot": "Turn off the specified LED using x, y coordinates (x is horizontal, y is vertical). (0,0) is upper left.",
  "music": "Generation of music tones through pin ``P0``.",
  "music.beat": "Returns the duration of a beat in milli-seconds",
  "music.changeTempoBy": "Change the tempo by the specified amount",
  "music.noteFrequency": "Gets the frequency of a note.",
  "music.playTone": "Plays a tone through pin ``P0`` for the given duration.",
  "music.rest": "Rests (plays nothing) for a specified time through pin ``P0``.",
  "music.ringTone": "Plays a tone through pin ``P0``.",
  "music.setTempo": "Sets the tempo to the specified amount",
  "music.tempo": "Returns the tempo in beats per minute. Tempo is the speed (bpm = beats per minute) at which notes play. The larger the tempo value, the faster the notes will play.",
  "pins": "Control currents in Pins for analog/digital signals, servos, i2c, ...",
  "pins.analogPitch": "Emits a Pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal to the current pitch pin. Use `analog set pitch pin` to define the pitch pin.",
  "pins.analogReadPin": "Read the connector value as analog, that is, as a value comprised between 0 and 1023.",
  "pins.analogSetPeriod": "Configures the Pulse-width modulation (PWM) of the analog output to the given value in **microseconds** or `1/1000` milliseconds.\nIf this pin is not configured as an analog output (using `analog write pin`), the operation has no effect.",
  "pins.analogSetPitchPin": "Sets the pin used when using `pins->analog pitch`.",
  "pins.analogWritePin": "Set the connector value as analog. Value must be comprised between 0 and 1023.",
  "pins.digitalReadPin": "Read the specified pin or connector as either 0 or 1",
  "pins.digitalWritePin": "Set a pin or connector value to either 0 or 1.",
  "pins.i2cReadNumber": "Read one number from 7-bit I2C address.",
  "pins.i2cWriteNumber": "Write one number to a 7-bit I2C address.",
  "pins.map": "Re-maps a number from one range to another. That is, a value of ``from low`` would get mapped to ``to low``, a value of ``from high`` to ``to high``, values in-between to values in-between, etc.",
  "pins.onPulsed": "Configures this pin to a digital input, and generates events where the timestamp is the duration that this pin was either ``high`` or ``low``.",
  "pins.pulseDuration": "Gets the duration of the last pulse in micro-seconds. This function should be called from a ``onPulsed`` handler.",
  "pins.servoSetPulse": "Configures this IO pin as an analog/pwm output, configures the period to be 20 ms, and sets the pulse width, based on the value it is given **microseconds** or `1/1000` milliseconds.",
  "pins.servoWritePin": "Writes a value to the servo, controlling the shaft accordingly. On a standard servo, this will set the angle of the shaft (in degrees), moving the shaft to that orientation. On a continuous rotation servo, this will set the speed of the servo (with ``0`` being full-speed in one direction, ``180`` being full speed in the other, and a value near ``90`` being no movement).",
  "serial": "Reading and writing data over a serial connection.",
  "serial.readLine": "Reads a line of text from the serial port.",
  "serial.redirect": "Dynamically configuring the serial instance to use pins other than USBTX and USBRX.",
  "serial.writeLine": "Prints a line of text to the serial",
  "serial.writeNumber": "Prints a numeric value to the serial",
  "serial.writeString": "Sends a piece of text through Serial connection.",
  "serial.writeValue": "Writes a ``name: value`` pair line to the serial."
}