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MicroPython Cookbook

You're reading from  MicroPython Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838649951
Pages 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Marwan Alsabbagh Marwan Alsabbagh
Profile icon Marwan Alsabbagh

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Getting started with MicroPython 2. Controlling LEDs 3. Creating Sound and Music 4. Interacting with Buttons 5. Reading Sensor Data 6. Button Bash Game 7. Fruity Tunes 8. Let's Move It, Move It 9. Coding on the micro:bit 10. Controlling the ESP8266 11. Interacting with the Filesystem 12. Networking 13. Interacting with the Adafruit FeatherWing OLED 14. Building an Internet of Things (IoT) Weather Machine 15. Coding on the Adafruit HalloWing Microcontroller 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a generator to get pixel colors

In this recipe, we will prepare the code that will be used to control the pixels in the game. There are 10 pixels on the board, so each player will be given 5, to indicate how many points they have so far. Now, each player gets a point each time they press their button and a score of 20 is needed to win the game. So, we have to present a score of 0 to 20, but with only 5 pixels.

The way we will do that is to have the score on each pixel be represented by four colors. So, for the first four points, the first pixel would go through the colors yellow, dark orange, red, and magenta. Then, when you reach the score 5, the second pixel would light up yellow and go through the same cycle.

A generator will be used to get the list of colors and pixel positions that relate to each score for each player. Player 1 will use push button A and will have...

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