limitation of setWatch for multiple pin combinations?

Hi,

I have two switches, one connected to A1 and the other to C1.
If I set watch for only one of the pins, it works as expected. But if I set watch for both pins, then the 2nd setWatch seem to kill the 1st.

setWatch(onWatch, A1, { repeat:true, edge:"rising" });
setWatch(onWatch, C1, { repeat:true, edge:"rising" });

Is this as expected? i.e. there is limitation of pin combinations?
I have tried some other pin combinations and "B8, B4, B3, B2" worked fine.

Espruino 1v61

Br, Shunya

Hi,

Yes, there are some limitations documented at: http://www.espruino.com/EspruinoBoard

But basically, you have to use different pin numbers. For instance, A0 and A1 are ok, but A0 and C0 are not.

Thank you Gordon for prompt clarification. I overlooked the document.

And big thanks for your fabulous work on Espruino and Espruino board! I have used PIC and Arduino before and I love Espruino much better. With interpreter, I feel like I'm talking to the chip ;-)

Thanks!

I think I have a bug open somewhere for making setWatch warn you if you're doing a watch on a second pin - I think that would make it a lot more user friendly!

Hi there,
Just for my understanding, it would be ok to do setWatch on C0, C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5? So I can have 6 buttons?

absolutely, yes. You can go from 0 to 15.

Yup - to be clear, they don't need to be the same letter. They just need to have different numbers.

If you need more than 16 buttons (or, more likely, before then) you can use a matrix keypad (search for membrane keypad on ebay - dirt cheap 1x4, 3x4, 4x4, 5x4 are readily available) with the KeyPad module.