added general pinout info at the top, changed the start pin to have an inhibitor latch

gametest_rev1.py

@@ -1,6 +1,49 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #coding=utf-8
 
+############################################
+########### GENERAL INFORMATION ############
+############################################
+
+
+# Pinout for assembly: 
+#
+#               3V3  (1) (2)  5V    
+#      pin_shutdown  (3) (4)  5V    
+#                 -  (5) (6)  GND   
+#                 -  (7) (8)  -
+#               GND  (9) (10) -
+#                 - (11) (12) -
+#                 - (13) (14) GND   
+#                 - (15) (16) pin_blue
+#               3V3 (17) (18) pin_green
+#                 - (19) (20) GND   
+#                 - (21) (22) pin_red
+#                 - (23) (24) -
+#               GND (25) (26) - 
+#                 - (27) (28) - 
+#                 - (29) (30) GND   
+#         pin_error (31) (32) pin_start
+#                 - (33) (34) GND   
+#                 - (35) (36) -
+#                 - (37) (38) -
+#               GND (39) (40) -
+
+# default state of pins:
+#
+# 32: pull up
+# 31: pull down
+# 3:  pull down
+#
+# make sure leds are on pull-up default pins
+# so when their state is undefined, the led 
+# strips are switched off!
+#
+# 22: pull up
+# 18: pull up
+# 16: pull up
+
+
 ############################################
 ############# START OF IMPORTS #############
 ############################################
@@ -350,6 +393,8 @@ led_init()
 game_running = False
 game_just_started = True
 
+pin_start_inhibit = False
+
 ############################################
 ########## END OF INITIALISATION ###########
 ############################################
@@ -406,8 +451,13 @@ while True:
 
             pygame.display.flip()
 
-        if GPIO.input(pin_start) == True and game_running == False: #wait for the user to press start button
+        if GPIO.input(pin_start) == True and pin_start_inhibit == False and game_running == False: #wait for the user to press start button
                 game_running = True
+
+                # set an inhibitor bit to stop the contact from possibly vibrating and
+                # causing a stop of the game immediately after start
+                pin_start_inhibit = True
+                pin_start_inhibit_timer_start = pygame.time.get_ticks()
                 errors = 0
                 error_added = False
 
@@ -420,6 +470,13 @@ while True:
         if game_running == True: # game running
                 print("Game running normally")
 
+                # if the start pin is inhibited and at least 3 seconds have passed,
+                # stop blocking the pin
+                if pin_start_inhibit == True:
+                    if (pygame.time.get_ticks()-start_ticks)/1000 > 3:
+                        pin_start_inhibit = False
+
+
                 if GPIO.input(pin_error) == True:
                         if error_added == False:
                                 errors += 1
@@ -446,7 +503,8 @@ while True:
 
                 pygame.display.flip()
 
-                if GPIO.input(pin_start) != True:
+                # if the start input is gone and the start pin isnt inhibited
+                if GPIO.input(pin_start) != True and pin_start_inhibit == False:
 
                         change_led_colour(100,10,10)