From 078edc158da7906ba72e7e6528e1a811e07270e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marti Bolivar Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:49:26 -0500 Subject: Finished converting the Arduino docs --- docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst (limited to 'docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst b/docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f83bf6b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/unimplemented/tone.rst @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.. _lang-tone: + +tone() +====== + +Description +----------- + +Generates a square wave of the specified frequency (and 50% duty +cycle) on a pin. A duration can be specified, otherwise the wave +continues until a call to +`noTone `_\ (). The pin can be +connected to a piezo buzzer or other speaker to play tones. + + + +Only one tone can be generated at a time. If a tone is already +playing on a different pin, the call to tone() will have no effect. +If the tone is playing on the same pin, the call will set its +frequency. + + + +Use of the tone() function will interfere with PWM output on pins 3 +and 11 (on boards other than the Mega). + + + +**NOTE:** if you want to play different pitches on multiple pins, +you need to call noTone() on one pin before calling tone() on the +next pin. + + + +Syntax +------ + +tone(pin, frequency) +tone(pin, frequency, duration) + + + +Parameters +---------- + +pin: the pin on which to generate the tone + + + +frequency: the frequency of the tone in hertz + + + +duration: the duration of the tone in milliseconds (optional) + + + +Returns +------- + +nothing + + + +See also +-------- + + +- `noTone `_\ () +- `analogWrite `_\ () +- `Tutorial:Tone `_ +- `Tutorial:Pitch follower `_ +- `Tutorial:Simple Keyboard `_ +- `Tutorial: multiple tones `_ + + +- `Tutorial: PWM `_ + + + +.. include:: /lang/cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3