# 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 utime import st7789 import picoexplorer from pimoroni import Button display = st7789.ST7789(st7789.DISPLAY_PICO_EXPLORER, rotate=0) display.set_palette_mode(st7789.PALETTE_USER) display.set_backlight(1.0) button_a = Button(picoexplorer.BUTTON_A) button_b = Button(picoexplorer.BUTTON_B) button_x = Button(picoexplorer.BUTTON_X) button_y = Button(picoexplorer.BUTTON_Y) WHITE = display.create_pen(255, 255, 255) BLACK = display.create_pen(0, 0, 0) TEAL = display.create_pen(0, 255, 255) MAGENTA = display.create_pen(255, 0, 255) YELLOW = display.create_pen(255, 255, 0) RED = display.create_pen(255, 0, 0) while True: if button_a.is_pressed: # if a button press is detected then... display.set_pen(BLACK) # set pen to black display.clear() # clear display to the pen colour 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 utime.sleep(1) # pause for a sec elif button_b.is_pressed: display.set_pen(BLACK) display.clear() display.set_pen(TEAL) display.text("Button B pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() utime.sleep(1) elif button_x.is_pressed: display.set_pen(BLACK) display.clear() display.set_pen(MAGENTA) display.text("Button X pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() utime.sleep(1) elif button_y.is_pressed: display.set_pen(BLACK) display.clear() display.set_pen(YELLOW) display.text("Button Y pressed", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() utime.sleep(1) else: display.set_pen(BLACK) display.clear() display.set_pen(RED) display.text("Press any button!", 10, 10, 240, 4) display.update() utime.sleep(0.1) # this number is how frequently the Pico checks for button presses