Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Arduino Boot Camp III


We had our third Arduino Boot Camp on Saturday. I got my second project working - a green light that slowly increases and decreases in intensity. It's not much, but it's a start. And programmers love all our babies, no matter how small.
The source code:
const int redLedPort = 11;
const int greenLedPort = 10;
const int blueLedPort = 9;
int minBrightness = 0;
int maxBrightness = 255;
int deltaBrightness = 10;
int currentBrightness = 0;
int wait = 200; //milliseconds
unsigned long previousMilliseconds = 0;
unsigned long currentMilliseconds = 0;

void setup() {
pinMode(greenLedPort, OUTPUT);
pinMode(redLedPort, OUTPUT);
pinMode(blueLedPort, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("Started");
previousMilliseconds = millis();
}
void setColor(int red, int green, int blue) {
Serial.print(red);
Serial.print(", ");
Serial.print(green);
Serial.print(", ");
Serial.println(blue);

analogWrite(redLedPort, red);
analogWrite(greenLedPort, green);
analogWrite(blueLedPort, blue);
}
void loop()
{
currentMilliseconds = millis();
if(currentMilliseconds > (previousMilliseconds + wait)) {
setColor(currentBrightness/2, currentBrightness, currentBrightness/2);
currentBrightness += deltaBrightness;
if(currentBrightness >= (maxBrightness - deltaBrightness) || currentBrightness <= (minBrightness)) { deltaBrightness *= -1; } previousMilliseconds = currentMilliseconds; } }

2 comments:

  1. Arduino is board that let's your computer escape the confines of its box. You can then use your computer to activate lights, motors, and other devices. In addition it supports a wide range of sensors like gps, temperature, pressure, and radar so you can respond to external stimuli.

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