I'm coding a program that sends some data via serial when a key is pressed:

Python code:

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from Tkinter import *
from serial import Serial

Arduino = Serial(3)
Arduino.baudrate = 115200

root = Tk()

def Acelerate (event):
    Arduino.write ("Ax")
def Reverse (event):
    Arduino.write ("Rx")
def Right (event):
    Arduino.write ("xD")
def Left (event):
    Arduino.write ("xE")

root.bind ('<Up>', Acelerate)
root.bind ('<Down>', Reverse)
root.bind ('<Right>', Right)
root.bind ('<Left>', Left)
root.mainloop()

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Why are you trying to do this with python?

I see that your are working with arduino, try processing.

It's the language that the arduino language is based upon and it has a similar editor and has some arduino libraries to make it easier for you to create applications that can work together with your arduino.

It's a college projetc. We must use Python, however they don't teach us it...

I <3 python I can help you with this and I know some ppl who might be more help than me, do you have to use Tkinter?
something like pyglet might be more viable

No, Tkinter is not mandatory. It's the only solution I found so far.
What do you suggest?

quote:

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Originally posted by Chancer
What do you suggest?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Jarrod
something like pyglet might be more viable

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I know, I know... I mean, how can I use it?
I read it's documentation, but I can't make it detect multiple keys at once. All I could do was as functional as my code in first post.

I was expecting a piece of code, an example...

python code:

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import pyglet as pyg
import random
from pyglet.window import key
window=pyg.window.Window()

#map- when arrow keys are pressed in pyglet, the symbol that represents them is a number
#he numbers are:
#65361 = left = 0
#65362 = up = 1
#65363 = right = 2
#65364 = down = 3
#we now have 4 numbers 1-4, each representing an arrow key
#
keys=[False]*4
#so now we have a list of 4 False values, which will represent each arrow,
#python indexes an array/list starting from 0

#above we mention 4 numbers, 65361,65362,65363,65364
#instead of mapping each to a dictionary if we get the last digit and subtract 1 we end up with a set like
#0,1,2,3
#so now if we let this number index keys like this
#keys[((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)]
#it is the same as saying:
#
#def on_key_press(symbol,modifiers,keys=keys):
#    if symbol == 65361:
#        keys[0]=True    #keys[0] is left
#    if symbol == 65362:
#        keys[1] == True
# #ect,ect

#keys are mapped ((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)

@window.event
def on_key_press(symbol,modifiers,keys=keys):
    #print symbol,((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)
    keys[((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)] = True
@window.event

def on_key_release(symbol,modifiers,keys=keys):
    keys[((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)] = False

def update(dt,keys=keys):
    #by using this statement we determine more complex events first (left + up) so it fulfils these instead fulfilling a less complex (left)
    if keys[0] and keys[1]:
        print 'left'+'up'
    elif keys[1] and keys[2]:
        print 'right'+'up'
    elif keys[0] and keys[3]:
        print 'down'+'left'
    elif keys[2] and keys[3]:
        print "down"+'right'
    elif keys[0]:
        print "left"    #due to this, if two conflicting keys are help the upper most one will occur
    elif keys[1]:
        print "up"        #up occurs if 'down' and 'up' are down, left occurs if 'left' and 'right' are down
    elif keys[2]:
        print 'right'
    elif keys[3]:
        print "down"
   

pyg.clock.schedule_interval(update, 0.1)
pyg.app.run()

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Great, man. It works just fine! Thanks!
I'll take a few time trying to decipher and understanding the code (I'm learning by myself... it's been kinda hard), and fine tuning the update interval.

One more question: using pyglet to do this will force me to create the whole interface with pyglet?

I added a few comments so you can understand it better (edited into the code above),
I'm going to yes, using pyglet will force you to do the whole interface in pyglet, technically you could create a Tkinter window as well but it would be cumbersome, eg the pyglet window would need to be focused to take input.
writing the interface in pyglet would not be a particularly bad idea and should be quite workable

Cool
Actually, the "hard part" was

Python code:

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((int(str(symbol)[-1]))-1)

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yep that's it, you could do it with dictionaries or more if statements, but indexes just seemed like a thinner way to code it, it also gave me less to think about,

python code:

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>>> symbol=65361
>>> str(symbol)[-1]
'1'
>>> int(str(symbol)[-1])
1
>>> int(str(symbol)[-1])-1
0

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Or even easier:

Python code:

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symbol % 10 - 1

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that's probably more efficient too,
well if you need any help with getting pyglet to do anything else I'm happy to give you a hand

Here I am once again.
Our teacher told us to use pygame to create the interface, so I was wondering if it was possible to port that code you did to pygame libraries.

I made a big progress, but it's not good enough:

python code:

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import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

def main():
    pygame.init()
    screen = pygame.display.set_mode((75, 55))
    screen = pygame.display.set_caption('Projeto 39')   
    screen = pygame.display.get_surface()
    background = pygame.Surface(screen.get_size())
    background = background.convert()
    background.fill((250, 255, 255))
    screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
   
    while True:
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == QUIT or (event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE):
                return        # Close window when clicking X ou hitting Escape
           
            elif event.type == KEYDOWN:        # Verify pressed keys
                key = pygame.key.get_pressed()
               
                if key[K_UP] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                    print 'AD'
               
                elif key[K_UP] and key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'AE'
               
                elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                    print 'RD'
               
                elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'RE'
               
                elif key[K_UP]:
                    print 'Ax'
               
                elif key[K_DOWN]:
                    print 'Rx'
               
                elif key[K_RIGHT]:
                    print 'xD'
               
                elif key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'xE'
       
        screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
        pygame.display.flip()

main()

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well this is why I suggested pyglet over pygame, AFAIK in pygame you have an update method just like in pyglet but it needs to be inherited from a sprite object this is a sample I found on the net,

python code:

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class Fist(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
    """moves a clenched fist on the screen, following the mouse"""
    def __init__(self):
        pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self) #call Sprite initializer
        self.image, self.rect = load_image('fist.bmp', -1)
        self.punching = 0

    def update(self):
        "move the fist based on the mouse position"
        pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        self.rect.midtop = pos
        if self.punching:
            self.rect.move_ip(5, 10)

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Well. I didn't say, but this will control an RC car, and we're planning to have a wheel which will turn right and left when we press right and left.
So I guess this will do the job.

I read this chimp example, but I couldn't get much info. Thanks for this.

I'm using pygame because our teacher told us to. I guess he has experience with pygame...

well it's been a while since I did pygame but hopefully this is kinda right,

python code:

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import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
class Mover(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
    """moves a clenched fist on the screen, following the mouse"""
    def __init__(self):
        pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self) #call Sprite initializer

    def update(self):
        "move the fist based on the mouse position"
        pos = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
        if event.type == QUIT or (event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE):
            return
        elif event.type == KEYDOWN:     # Verify pressed keys
            key = pygame.key.get_pressed()
         
            if key[K_UP] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                print 'AD'     
                elif key[K_UP] and key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'AE'
                elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                    print 'RD'
                elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'RE'
                elif key[K_UP]:
                    print 'Ax'
                elif key[K_DOWN]:
                    print 'Rx'
                elif key[K_RIGHT]:
                    print 'xD'
                elif key[K_LEFT]:
                    print 'xE'
       
   
            self.rect.move_ip(5, 10)
def main():
    pygame.init()
    screen = pygame.display.set_mode((75, 55))
    screen = pygame.display.set_caption('Projeto 39') 
    screen = pygame.display.get_surface()
    background = pygame.Surface(screen.get_size())
    background = background.convert()
    background.fill((250, 255, 255))
    screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
    m=Mover()
    screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
    pygame.display.flip()

main()

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Yeah! I did it
Just changes a little bit that while True loop.

python code:

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while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT or (event.type == KEYDOWN and event.key == K_ESCAPE):
            return
>>>        key = pygame.key.get_pressed() # Added only to check the condition below<<<
>>>        while key[K_UP] or key[K_DOWN] or key[K_RIGHT] or key[K_LEFT]<<<
           
            key = pygame.key.get_pressed()
           
            if key[K_UP] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                SendData('AD')
           
            elif key[K_UP] and key[K_LEFT]:
                SendData('AE')
           
            elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_RIGHT]:
                SendData('RD')
           
            elif key[K_DOWN] and key[K_LEFT]:
                SendData('RE')
           
            elif key[K_UP]:
                SendData('Ax')
           
            elif key[K_DOWN]:
                SendData('Rx')
           
            elif key[K_RIGHT]:
                SendData('xD')
           
            elif key[K_LEFT]:
                SendData('xE')
>>>            pygame.time.delay(10) # Added to have a better control - 10 ms between each loop<<<
>>>            pygame.event.pump() # This makes the trick, but I don't know exactly how it works<<<

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Hey there again. I don't need help this time, I'm here just to show how it is going:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9gCWCcFW5Y