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rotation animation block lesson
Learn how to create images with a global variable and while loop. #LED #screen #plot #docs
Topic
While Loop
Quick links
Class
Year 7
Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work
Learn how to create images that look like a rotating animation by using a while loop. We will be learning how to create a rotating animation using a global variable, while loop as well as simple commands, such as on button pressed and show animation.
Documentation
let x = 0
input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, () => {
})
basic.showLeds(`
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . # . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
`)
basic.pause(100)
while (true) {
basic.pause(20)
}
Objectives
- learn how to create a global variable for a place where you can store data, accessible across functions, and in nested code blocks
- learn how to set or change the value of a global variable
- learn how to repeat code while a condition is true
- learn how to declare a global boolean variable to determine which code will execute next
- learn how to run code when an input button is pressed
- learn how to show a series of image frames on the LED screen
- learn how to pause your code for the specified number of milliseconds