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  finally:
 
  finally:
 
   [stop all your motors]
 
   [stop all your motors]
 
*Generalized kill-switch code
 
class thread_wait( threading.Thread ):
 
  def __init__( self, condition, action ):
 
      threading.Thread.__init__( self )
 
      self.condition = condition
 
      self.action = action
 
 
 
  def run( self ):
 
      while not self.condition():
 
          sleep(0.1)
 
      self.action
 
Usage:
 
kill_switch_thread = thread_wait( get_kill_switch_function, suicide_function )
 
kill_switch_thread.start()
 

Latest revision as of 08:16, 27 April 2010

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Python Programming Hints

  • Wrap your code in a try/finally block so that you can stop the motors on control-c.
try:
  [your code here]
finally:
  [stop all your motors]