-- Returns the number of "ticks" — whose size is defined by the value of _ticksPerRevolution_ passed in to the function  — the crank has turned through since the last time this function was called. Ticks can be positive or negative, depending upon the direction of rotation. If the crank turns through more than one tick in-between update cycles, a value of 2 or more could be returned.  

-- An example: say you have a movie player, and you want your movie to advance 6 frames for every one revolution of the crank. Calling `playdate.getCrankTicks(6)` during each update will cause you to get a return value of 1 as the crank turns past each 60 degree increment (since we passed in a 6, each tick represents 360 / 6 = 60 degrees.) So `getCrankTicks(6)` will return a 1 as the crank turns past the 0 degree absolute position, the 60 degree absolute position, and so on for 120, 180, 240, and 300 degree positions. Otherwise, 0 will be returned.	

local tick_lastCrankReading = nil
function playdate.getCrankTicks(ticksPerRotation)

	local totalSegments = ticksPerRotation
	local degreesPerSegment = 360 / ticksPerRotation
	
	local thisCrankReading = playdate.getCrankPosition()
	if tick_lastCrankReading == nil then
		tick_lastCrankReading = thisCrankReading
	end
	
	-- if it seems we've gone more than halfway around the circle, that probably means we're seeing:
	-- 1) a reversal in direction, not that the player is really cranking that fast. (a good assumption if fps is 20 or higher; maybe not as good if we're at 2 fps or similar.) 
	-- 2) a crossing of the 359->0 border, which gives the appearance of a massive crank change, but is really very small.
	-- both these cases can be treated identically.
	local difference = thisCrankReading - tick_lastCrankReading
	if difference > 180 or difference < -180 then
		
		if tick_lastCrankReading >= 180 then
			-- move tick_lastCrankReading back 360 degrees so it's < 0. It's the same location, just it is unequivocally lower than thisCrankReading
			tick_lastCrankReading -= 360
		else
			-- move tick_lastCrankReading ahead 360 degrees so it's > 0. It's the same location, just now it is unequivocally greater than thisCrankReading.
			tick_lastCrankReading += 360
		end

	end
	
	-- which segment is thisCrankReading in?
	local thisSegment = math.ceil(thisCrankReading / degreesPerSegment)
	local lastSegment = math.ceil(tick_lastCrankReading / degreesPerSegment)

	local segmentBoundariesCrossed = thisSegment - lastSegment
	
	-- save off value
	tick_lastCrankReading = thisCrankReading
	
	return segmentBoundariesCrossed	
	
end