Button Question

Benbo231

I have the Electronics for Dummies book and in it is a schematic for a switch that hooks up to a USB Board of education

it looks like this:
What's the +V stand for???
+V
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TO BAsic Stamp I/O Pin 1
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Post Edited (Benbo231) : 1/15/2009 10:36:20 PM GMT

JamesDougherty

You have·the ground (-/vss) and the voltage (+/vdd). Think of it from a battery standpoint. The - and + of the battery is the same thing here.

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James Dougherty

Ariel Productions
http://www.arielproductions.com/

Benbo231

Also, if you need 2 Btn variables in basic, how do you name them? Im building a robot that's got 2 switches and eyes and stuff


Post Edited By Moderator (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 1/15/2009 5:14:08 PM GMT

MovieMaker

That stands for your voltage. Usually, + 5 volts regulated DC, if I am correct.

JamesDougherty

Name them however you want to name them. However, you may want to come up with a naming convention so your projects will have some kind of structure. Also, you may want to name them something meaningful too instead of just "Button1" and "Button2"... What do the buttons do? "btnSteerLeft", "btnSteerRight", etc.

Button01 PIN 1

Button02 PIN 2

Btn1 PIN 1

Btn2 PIN 2

Etc.



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On your circuit board schematics it will be "S1" and "S2"

Benbo231 said...
Also, if you need 2 Btn variables in basic, how do you name them? Im building a robot that's got 2 switches and eyes and stuff

Post Edited By Moderator (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 1/15/2009 5:14:34 PM GMT

Benbo231

thanx i think i just got it working with 1 switch

Btn1
and
Btn2

i just need to wire up the second one

does anyone know what all that stuff after

Button does?

(BUTTON 1,0,255,250,btn,0,noswitch)

Post Edited (Benbo231) : 1/15/2009 11:42:40 AM GMT