Converting C++ to MicroPython for a Raspberry Pico Project

[ChipNod2020]

Greetings all,

I have a working C++ Script. I'm not 100% fluent with Python yet so I'm hoping someone could take pity on me and help.

This is the working C++ Script.

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// NAV - Navitgation Light Prefix
#define NAV_LED_PIN 2
// Navigation Lights
#define NAV_LED_ON 150    
#define NAV_LED_OFF 1000
unsigned long NAV_msLast;  // last time the LED changed state
boolean NAV_ledState;    // current LED state
pinMode(NAV_LED_PIN, OUTPUT);


LOOP:
// Normal Stuff
now = millis();
// Navigation Lights
if (now - NAV_msLast > (NAV_ledState ? NAV_LED_ON : NAV_LED_OFF)) {
digitalWrite(NAV_LED_PIN, NAV_ledState = !NAV_ledState);
NAV_msLast = now;

My 2 questions.
How would I initialize the boolean string for NAV_ledState?
Is the if statement syntax similar and how would one toggle the LED other than digital write?

[OlivierLenoir]

You can do something like this using sleep_ms().

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from machine import Pin
from utime import sleep_ms

NAV_LED_PIN = const(2)
NAV_LED_ON = const(150)
NAV_LED_OFF = const(1000)

led = Pin(NAV_LED_PIN, Pin.OUT)

while True:
    led(not(led()))
    if led():
        delay = NAV_LED_ON
    else:
        delay = NAV_LED_OFF
    sleep_ms(delay)

[OlivierLenoir]

This version is a lot closer to your C++ code and use ticks_ms() and ticks_diff().

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from machine import Pin
from utime import ticks_ms, ticks_diff

NAV_LED_PIN = const(2)
NAV_LED_ON = const(150)
NAV_LED_OFF = const(1000)

NAV_msLast = ticks_ms()
led = Pin(NAV_LED_PIN, Pin.OUT)

while True:
    now = ticks_ms()
    if ticks_diff(now, NAV_msLast) > (NAV_LED_ON if led() else NAV_LED_OFF):
        led(not(led()))
        NAV_msLast = now

[Roberthh]

There is also a supported ternary statement, which is a littel bit different to C. It would read:

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    delay = NAV_LED_ON if led() else NAV_LED_OFF

[OlivierLenoir]

Considering Roberthh post, we can also remove delay.

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from machine import Pin
from utime import sleep_ms

NAV_LED_PIN = const(2)
NAV_LED_ON = const(150)
NAV_LED_OFF = const(1000)

led = Pin(NAV_LED_PIN, Pin.OUT)

while True:
    led(not(led()))
    sleep_ms(NAV_LED_ON if led() else NAV_LED_OFF)

An other approach to use a tuple.

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from machine import Pin
from utime import sleep_ms

NAV_LED_PIN = const(2)
NAV_LED_OFF_ON = (1000, 150)

led = Pin(NAV_LED_PIN, Pin.OUT)

while True:
    led(not(led()))
    sleep_ms(NAV_LED_OFF_ON[led()])