Activities/Turtle Art/Sensors

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HowTo [ID# 24076]

The Sensors Palette (red)

examples (4)

descriptions (4)

	query for keyboard input	results stored in keyboard block
	keyboard input	holds results of query-keyboard block
	user-definable code	This block runs code found in the tamyblock.py module found in the Journal and editable in Pippy. Use the load Pippy button on the Save/Load toolbar to load your custom module. The block changes appearance once Python code is loaded.
	my function	a programmable block: add your own math equation in the block, e.g., sin(x)
	horizontal size	the canvas width
	vertical size	the canvas height
	push	push value onto FILO (first-in last-out) heap
	pop	pop value off FILO
	show heap	show FILO in status block at bottom of canvas
	empty heap	empty FILO

These additional blocks are available in the experimental version of Turtle Art

	volume	microphone input volume
	pitch	microphone input pitch
	voltage	(OLPC XO-1 only)
	resistance	(OLPC XO-1 only)

More details on how to use the sensors can be found in Tony Forster's blog and on the Measure Activity page.