configuring a my block
The Chime block is a little unusual in that it doesn’t have any configuration settings; it always does the same thing. Most NXT-G blocks need some information to perform their function, and this will be true of most of the My Blocks you create.
For example, let’s say you wanted to create a My Block from the Timer1 program from Chapter 11, shown in Figure 13-12. Recall that this is a programmable timer, meaning you can use a data wire to set the amount of time to wait. A My Block created from this program will be useful only if you can configure the length of the delay (otherwise it wouldn’t be programmable).
Figure 13-12. The ...
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