Joystick

Joystick is a small control lever that can be moved with your fingers. It is used in game controllers and robotics to move objects in different directions. Typically, it contains two potentiometers — one for left-right movement (X-axis) and one for up-down movement (Y-axis).

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Joystick(slot)

To create Joystick object call Joystick(slot).

Only slot F on PiBody can handle two analog signals at the same time, so on other slots the joystick will not work correctly.

Args:

• slot (string) - slot label ("F")

Returns: Return a class output Joystick for slot.

from pibody import Joystick

joystick = Joystick("F")

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.read() -> (int, int)

Return (x, y) normalised values in [0.0, 1.0], or None per axis if unavailable.

x, y = joystick.read()
print(x, y)

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.read_x() -> int

Return the normalised X-axis value, or None if the axis is unavailable.

x = joystick.read_x()
print(x)

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.read_y() -> int

Return the normalised Y-axis value, or None if the axis is unavailable.

y = joystick.read_y()
print(y)

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Examples

from pibody import Joystick

joystick = Joystick("F")

while True:
    x, y = joystick.read()
    # get X axis
    print(x)

    # get X axis
    x1 = joystick.read_x()
    print(x1)

    # get X axis
    x2 = joystick.read()[0]
    print(x2)