https://docs.batstem.com/en/tags/polling/Recent content in Polling on BatSTEM AcademyHugoenWed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.batstem.com/en/docs/l7-the-pushbutton/Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://docs.batstem.com/en/docs/l7-the-pushbutton/<h1 id="the-pushbutton">The pushbutton<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#the-pushbutton" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h1> <h2 id="what-you-will-learn-in-this-lesson">What you will learn in this lesson<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#what-you-will-learn-in-this-lesson" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <p>In this lesson, we will cover:</p> <ul> <li>What a pushbutton is and how it works.</li> <li>The difference between input and output devices.</li> <li>Making decisions in our programs: the &ldquo;if&hellip;do&hellip;else&rdquo; block.</li> <li>Reading the state of a pushbutton from our program to control an LED.</li> </ul> <h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#prerequisites" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2> <p>To follow this lesson, you should be familiar with the basic LED circuit covered in <a href="../l1-internal-led/"><em>Lesson 1: My first project</em></a>, <a href="../l2-the-led-diode/"><em>Lesson 2: The LED diode</em></a> and <a href="../l3-the-led-diode-2/"><em>Lesson 3: The LED diode (2)</em></a>.</p>