Code for keyboard imput.

innovator

Hello:

· I'm new in this adventure and I would like to know if a comand exists to perform the following: If a debug is used to ask for a number, what command can be used to retrieve information from the keyboard? and to usethat input to perform basic math function? I'm using a BOE·BS2 RevC.
Thanks.· Please reply to h.pagan@ieee.org or here.

Post Edited By Moderator (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 6/9/2005 7:49:31 PM GMT

Jon Williams

DEBUGIN will do the trick.· Keep in mind, however, that the keyboard sends characters, you need to use the DEC modifier to filter the input -- in the demo below it accepts the "0" - "9" keys.

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

aNum··· VAR···· Byte

Main:
· DEBUGIN DEC1 aNum
· DO WHILE (aNum > 0)
··· DEBUG "*"
··· aNum = aNum - 1
· LOOP
· DEBUG CR
· GOTO Main

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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax

allanlane5

Hyperterm can be used on the PC to act as a terminal for the BS2 'DEBUGIN' command.

Or, in the PBasic IDE, the "New Debug" icon (looks like a chip with a magnifying glass over it) can provide the interface.

innovator

Thanks guys.
As soon as I finish my little project I'll get back to you.
pd. wow that was a fast answer