Parallax Boe-Bot Student Manual page 58

Page 44 · Robotics with the Boe-Bot
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Try changing the
10000, for example:
DEBUG "Start timer..."
PAUSE 5000
DEBUG CR, "Five seconds elapsed..."
PAUSE 10000
DEBUG CR, "Fifteen seconds elapsed..."
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Run the modified program.
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Also try it again with numbers like 40 and 100 for the
they'll go pretty fast.
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The longest possible
spare, try
PAUSE 60000
Over and Over Again
One of the best things about both computers and microcontrollers is that they never
complain about doing the same boring things over and over again. You can place your
commands between the words
again. For example, let's say you want to print a message repeating once every second.
Simply place your
DEBUG
this:
DO
DEBUG "Hello!", CR
PAUSE 1000
LOOP
Example Program: HelloOnceEverySecond.bs2
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Enter, save, and run HelloOnceEverySecond.bs2.
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Verify that the "Hello!" message is printed once every second.
arguments from 1000 and 2000 to 5000 and
PAUSE Duration
argument is 65535. If you've got a minute to
Duration
.
and if you want them executed over and over
DO LOOP
and commands between the words
PAUSE
arguments;
Duration
and like
DO LOOP