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analog input

Page history last edited by Kristin Lucas 15 years, 4 months ago
Scroll down or Click on links for programs and schematics:
 

Program a potentiometer

 

Program a potentiometer

 

 

Recommended: refer to the wiring diagram for potentiometer on Arduino playground

 

Alternatively refer to this diagram:

This program will allow adjust the speed of a blinking LED with analog input. Follow this patch to connect a potentiometer to your Arduino board. Then put an the long lead of an LED in pin 13 of your digital in/out, and the short lead in Ground.

Download the diagram.

 potentiometer.pdf

 

/*

 * AnalogInput

 * by DojoDave <http://www.0j0.org>

 *

 * Turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to digital  

 * pin 13. The amount of time the LED will be on and off depends on

 * the value obtained by analogRead(). In the easiest case we connect

 * a potentiometer to analog pin 2.

 */

 

int potPin = 2;    // select the input pin for the potentiometer

int ledPin = 13;   // select the pin for the LED

int val = 0;       // variable to store the value coming from the sensor

 

void setup() {

  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);  // declare the ledPin as an OUTPUT

}

 

void loop() {

  val = analogRead(potPin);    // read the value from the sensor

  digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);  // turn the ledPin on

  delay(val);                  // stop the program for some time

  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);   // turn the ledPin off

  delay(val);                  // stop the program for some time

}

 

Program a flex sensor
 
A Flex sensor changes resistance between 10k Ohms (straight) and 40k Ohms (bent). Follow this schematic to patch a flex sensor to your Arduino board. Connect the long lead of an LED in pin 13 of your digital in/out, and the short lead in Ground.

 

 

 

 

Download the schematic and breadboard diagram.

 
Copy and paste the following code into an Arduino sketch: 
 
 
int ledPin = 13; // declares a variable for the pin for an LED
int analoginPot = 2;   // declares a variable for the analog input pin
int potval = 0;   // declares a variable for reading the pin status
 
unsigned long ledCounter = 0; // a special integer variable for really big numbers
int toggle = 0; // declares a variable for a light switch, sets value to either 1 or 0
 
void setup() {
 pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);   // declares pin 13 as the output
 Serial.begin(9600);     // necessary if we want to report back to screen later in the script
}
 
void loop(){
  potval = analogRead(analoginPot);  // reads input value of analog pin 2
  Serial.println(potval);
  potval = (potval - 764);  // bend your flex sensor with serial monitor ON, subtract the lowest value received by your sensor
 
 ledCounter ++;  // adds 1 to our variable, represents time btwn on and off
 if (ledCounter > (potval * 10)) {  // multiplies potval variable times 10
                                                    // if condition is met it does the following...
   ledCounter = 0; // resets counter
   Serial.println("blink"); // prints the word “blink” in the Serial monitor
   
   if (toggle == 0){ // checks if light is switched on or off
     digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // light (LED) turns on
     toggle = 1; // changes the switch for next time, so that the next time through it sets toggle to off
   }
   else if (toggle == 1){ // if toggle value is 1 and not 0 then ...
     digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turns light on
     toggle = 0; // changes the switch for next time through
   }
 }
}   
 

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