Primitives

The Primitives section provides direct access to your device’s input/output pins, allowing you to read sensor values, control actuators, and detect user interactions at a low level. By extending core Arduino functions, these blocks make it easy to interface with your hardware without writing additional code.

• Retrieve values from sensors or determine if a button or switch is pressed.

• Control LEDs, motors, and other actuators with precise or simple on/off signals.

• Define your own functionality with parameters and return values tailored to your specific needs.

Using these primitives, you can easily incorporate hardware interaction into your scripts, bridging the gap between the digital logic of your program and the physical world your device operates in.

analog read

Reads the value from an analog pin.

Read more about analogRead() in Arduino

Parameters

• Pin Number (Number)

Returns

• Number: In the range 0–1023.

analog write

Writes a value to an analog pin.

Read more about analogWrite() in Arduino

Parameters

• Pin Number (Number)

• Value (Number, 0-1023)

digital read

Reads the digital state of a pin.

Read more about digitalRead() in Arduino

Parameters

• Pin Number (Number)

Returns

• Boolean: true (HIGH signal) or false (LOW signal)

digital write

Sets a state to a pin.

Read more about digitalWrite() in Arduino

Parameters

• Pin Number (Number)

• Boolean true (HIGH) or false (LOW)

button clicked

Checks if a button on a specified pin has been clicked since last check.

Parameters

• Pin Number (Number)

Returns

• Boolean: true if clicked, false otherwise.

user primitive

A template for defining custom primitives with configurable parameters and return values. The user primitive returns a boolean value by default. If you need to perform only some actions and do not expect any data in response, you need to customize the block by clicking on the gear icon.

Parameters

• Parameters (As defined by the user)

Returns

• Any type: As defined by the user.