Introduced tone helper modeled after arduino's tone. Works on digital and analog pins.

Author: brentru

simpleio.py

@@ -25,12 +25,43 @@
 
 The `simpleio` module contains classes to provide simple access to IO.
 """
-
+import audioio
+import array
 import digitalio
 import pulseio
 import math
 import time
 
+def tone(pin, frequency, duration=1, tone_analog = False):
+    """
+    Generates a square wave of the specified frequency (50% duty cycle)
+    on a pin
+
+    :param ~microcontroller.Pin Pin: Pin on which to output the tone
+    :param int frequency: Frequency of tone in Hz
+    :param int duration: Duration of tone in seconds (optional)
+    :param bool tone_analog: True if Analog Pin A0 is used instead of digitial
+    """
+    if tone_analog:
+        length = 4000 // frequency
+        square_wave = array.array("H", [0] * length)
+        for i in range(length):
+            if(i < length / 2):
+                square_wave.append(0xFFFF)
+            else:
+                square_wave.append(0x00)
+        waveform = audioio.AudioOut(pin, square_wave)
+        waveform.play(loop=True)
+        time.sleep(duration)
+        waveform.stop()
+        waveform.deinit()
+    else:
+        pwm = pulseio.PWMOut(pin, frequency = frequency, variable_frequency = False)
+        for i in range(0, duration):
+            pwm.duty_cycle = 0x8000
+            time.sleep(1)
+        pwm.deinit()
+
 def shift_in(dataPin, clock, msb_first=True):
     """
     Shifts in a byte of data one bit at a time. Starts from either the LSB or