# This example shows you a simple, non-interrupt way of reading Pico Explorer's buttons with a loop that checks to see if buttons are pressed. import time from pimoroni import Button from picographics import PicoGraphics, DISPLAY_PICO_EXPLORER, PEN_P4 # We're only using a few colours so we can use a 4 bit/16 colour palette and save RAM! display = PicoGraphics(display=DISPLAY_PICO_EXPLORER, pen_type=PEN_P4) button_a = Button(12) button_b = Button(13) button_x = Button(14) button_y = Button(15) WHITE = display.create_pen(255, 255, 255) BLACK = display.create_pen(0, 0, 0) CYAN = display.create_pen(0, 255, 255) MAGENTA = display.create_pen(255, 0, 255) YELLOW = display.create_pen(255, 255, 0) GREEN = display.create_pen(0, 255, 0) # sets up a handy function we can call to clear the screen def clear(): display.set_pen(BLACK) display.clear() display.update() # set up clear() display.set_font("bitmap8") while True: if button_a.read(): # if a button press is detected then... clear() # clear to black display.set_pen(WHITE) # change the pen colour display.text("Button A pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) # display some text on the screen display.update() # update the display time.sleep(1) # pause for a sec clear() # clear to black again elif button_b.read(): clear() display.set_pen(CYAN) display.text("Button B pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() time.sleep(1) clear() elif button_x.read(): clear() display.set_pen(MAGENTA) display.text("Button X pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() time.sleep(1) clear() elif button_y.read(): clear() display.set_pen(YELLOW) display.text("Button Y pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() time.sleep(1) clear() else: display.set_pen(GREEN) display.text("Press any button!", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() time.sleep(0.1) # this number is how frequently the Pico checks for button presses