MicroPython Cookbook

How to do it...

Follow these steps to learn how to create a joke-telling machine:

1. Run the following lines of code in the REPL:

>>> from displayio import OnDiskBitmap, ColorConverter, TileGrid, Group
>>> import board
>>> import random
>>> import time
>>> import touchio
>>> import os

2. We have now imported all the necessary modules. The following block of code will create a TouchIn object:

>>> touch = touchio.TouchIn(board.TOUCH1)
>>>

3. In the following block of code, we will check the status of the touchpad:

>>> touch.value
False

4. Touch the pad while executing the following block of code:

>>> touch.value
True

5. The following block of code will define the wait_for_touch function, which will keep looping until a touch event is detected: ...