Virginia’s Arduino HW #2

Digital Input

The Serial Monitor

Analog Input

Flash Frequency & On/Off Button

const int analogInPin = A0; // Analog input pin that the potentiometer is attached to
const int analogOutPin = 9; // Analog output pin that the LED is attached to
const int buttonPin = 2; // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin = 9; // the number of the LED pin

int sensorValue = 0; // value read from the pot
int outputValue = 0; // value output to the PWM (analog out)
int buttonState = 0; // variable for reading the pushbutton status

void setup() {
// initialize serial communications at 9600 bps:
Serial.begin(9600);
// initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
// initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
// read the analog in value:
sensorValue = analogRead(analogInPin);
// map it to the range of the analog out:
outputValue = map(sensorValue, 0, 1023, 0, 255);
// change the analog out value:
analogWrite(analogOutPin, outputValue);
// read the state of the pushbutton value:
buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);

// check if the pushbutton is pressed. If it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
if (buttonState == HIGH) {
// turn LED on:
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
} else {
// turn LED off:
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}
// print the results to the Serial Monitor:
Serial.print(“sensor = “);
Serial.print(sensorValue);
Serial.print(“\t output = “);
Serial.println(outputValue);

delay(2);
}

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