Activities/Turtle Art/Sensors
< Activities | Turtle Art
The Sensors Palette (red)
examples (4)
descriptions (4)
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query for keyboard input | results stored in keyboard block |
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keyboard input | holds results of query-keyboard block |
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my function | a programmable block: add your own math equation in the block, e.g., sin(x) |
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horizontal size | the canvas width |
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vertical size | the canvas height |
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push | push value onto FILO (first-in last-out) heap |
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pop | pop value off FILO |
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show heap | show FILO in status block at bottom of canvas |
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empty heap | empty FILO |
These additional blocks are available in the experimental version of Turtle Art
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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. |
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volume | microphone input volume |
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pitch | microphone input pitch |
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voltage | (OLPC XO-1 only) |
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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.