gyro boy improvements (#236)

gyro boy improvements

libs/core/_locales/core-jsdoc-strings.json

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
   "console.sendToScreen": "Sends the log messages to the brick screen and uses the brick up and down buttons to scroll.",
   "control": "Program controls and events.",
   "control.Timer.millis": "Gets the elapsed time in millis",
+  "control.Timer.pauseUntil": "Pauses until the timer reaches the given amount of milliseconds",
+  "control.Timer.pauseUntil|param|ms": "how long to pause for, eg: 5, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000",
   "control.Timer.reset": "Resets the timer",
   "control.Timer.seconds": "Gets the elapsed time in seconds",
   "control.allocateNotifyEvent": "Allocates the next user notification event",

libs/core/_locales/core-strings.json

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
   "console.sendToScreen|block": "send console to screen",
   "console|block": "console",
   "control.Timer.millis|block": "%timer|millis",
+  "control.Timer.pauseUntil|block": "%timer|pause until (ms) %ms",
   "control.Timer.reset|block": "%timer|reset",
   "control.Timer.seconds|block": "%timer|seconds",
   "control.raiseEvent|block": "raise event|from %src|with value %value",

libs/core/input.ts

@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ namespace sensors.internal {
 
         reset() {
             if (this.isActive()) uartReset(this._port);
+            this.realmode = 0;
         }
     }
 

libs/core/timer.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ namespace control {
         reset() {
             this.start = control.millis();
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Pauses until the timer reaches the given amount of milliseconds
+         * @param ms how long to pause for, eg: 5, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000
+         */
+        //% blockId=timerPauseUntil block="%timer|pause until (ms) %ms"
+        pauseUntil(ms: number) {
+            const remaining = this.millis() - ms;
+            loops.pause(Math.max(0, remaining));
+        }
     }
 
     //% whenUsed fixedInstance block="timer 1"