Merge pull request #460 from lurch/alternating_values

Add a new alternating_values SourceTool

docs/api_tools.rst

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Combining sources
 Artificial sources
 ==================
 
+.. autofunction:: alternating_values
+
 .. autofunction:: cos_values
 
 .. autofunction:: random_values

gpiozero/tools.py

@@ -576,3 +576,26 @@ def cos_values(period=360):
     angles = (2 * pi * i / period for i in range(period))
     for a in cycle(angles):
         yield cos(a)
+
+
+def alternating_values(initial_value=False):
+    """
+    Provides an infinite source of values alternating between ``True`` and
+    ``False``, starting wth *initial_value* (which defaults to ``False``). For
+    example, to produce a flashing LED::
+
+        from gpiozero import LED
+        from gpiozero.tools import alternating_values
+        from signal import pause
+
+        red = LED(2)
+
+        red.source_delay = 0.5
+        red.source = alternating_values()
+
+        pause()
+    """
+    value = initial_value
+    while True:
+        yield value
+        value = not value

tests/test_tools.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ str = type('')
 import pytest
 from math import sin, cos, radians
 from time import time
+from itertools import islice
 
 from gpiozero.tools import *
 try:
@@ -227,6 +228,10 @@ def test_post_periodic_filtered():
     assert list(post_periodic_filtered((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 1, 2)) == [1, 4, 7, 10]
     assert list(post_periodic_filtered((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 2, 1)) == [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10]
 
+def test_alternating_values():
+    assert list(islice(alternating_values(), 5)) == [False, True, False, True, False]
+    assert list(islice(alternating_values(True), 5)) == [True, False, True, False, True]
+
 def test_random_values():
     for _, v in zip(range(1000), random_values()):
         assert 0 <= v <= 1