Reacting to Button Presses
Make Atom respond when you press a button
Goal: Detect a button click and trigger a vibration.
Step 1: Open the Editor
Visit msedit.electricks.info, start a New project, and connect your Atom.
Step 2: Paste This Code
function main() {
// Nothing to do at start
}
function onEvent(e) {
if (e.type === 'click' && e.source === 'atom:button') {
atom.vibrate('.');
}
}
Step 3: Upload and Test
Upload the code, then press any button on Atom.
You’ll feel a short vibration every time you press.
What’s Happening?
onEvent(e)is called every time something happens (like a button press).e.typetells what kind of event it is:'click','press','release', etc.e.sourcetells where the event comes from:'atom:button','ps:button', etc.We check if it’s a button click, and if yes, we trigger
atom.vibrate('.').
Try These Tweaks
Only vibrate for Button #0:
if (e.value === '0') {
atom.vibrate('.');
}
Different buttons, different patterns:
if (e.value === '0') atom.vibrate('.');
if (e.value === '1') atom.vibrate('-');
if (e.value === '2') atom.vibrate('...');
Show the button number:
console.log(e.value);