Digital Sensors

Buttons such as the limit switch that VEX provides are digital sensors. These sensors are generally used as triggers for various events such as a robot hitting an object or the wall. One special difference from other sensors is that you need to configure the pin they are connected to as an input. PROS provides a simple interface to perform such tasks that is as follows:

main.h:

// digital port number limit switch is plugged into
#define LIMIT_SWITCH 1

init.c:

void initializeIO(){
    // configure the pin that the limit switch is plugged into as an input
    pinMode(LIMIT_SWITCH, INPUT);
}

opcontrol.c or auto.c:

void myFunction(){
    // ... Do work
    // digitalRead() will return LOW if PRESSED and HIGH if RELEASED
    if (digitalRead(LIMIT_SWITCH) == LOW){
        // ...
    }

    // ...
}