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Lesson 1 Blinking LED

The document describes how to build a circuit with an Arduino board, resistor, LED, and breadboard to make an LED blink on and off. The circuit connects the LED and resistor to pin 9 of the Arduino board. The code defines pin 9 as an output, and uses the loop function to toggle pin 9 between high and low voltages, turning the LED on and off every 500 milliseconds. This causes the LED to continuously blink on and off.

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Lesson 1 Blinking LED

The document describes how to build a circuit with an Arduino board, resistor, LED, and breadboard to make an LED blink on and off. The circuit connects the LED and resistor to pin 9 of the Arduino board. The code defines pin 9 as an output, and uses the loop function to toggle pin 9 between high and low voltages, turning the LED on and off every 500 milliseconds. This causes the LED to continuously blink on and off.

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Lesson 1 Blinking LED

Introduction
You should’ve learnt how to install Arduino IDE and add libraries before. Now you can
start with a simple experiment to learn the basic operation and code in the IDE.

Components

• SunFounder R3 Board
• Breadboard
• Jumper Wires
• LED
• Resistor

Schematic Diagram
Connect one end of the 220ohm resistor to pin 9 of the Uno and the other end to the anode
(the long pin) of the LED, and the cathode (the short pin) of the LED to GND. When the
pin 9 outputs high level, the current gets through the current limiting resistor to the anode
of the LED. And since the cathode of the LED is connected to GND, the LED will light up.
When pin 9 outputs low level, the LED goes out.

Experimental Procedures
Step 1: Build the circuit (the pin with a curve is the anode of the LED).

Then plug the board into the computer with a 5V USB cable.
Step 2: Open the Lesson_3_Blinking_LED.ino code file in the path of SunFounder Uno
KitCodeLesson_3_Blinking_LED
Step 3: Select the Board and Port

Before uploading the code, you need to select the Board and Port. Click Tools ->Board
and select Arduino/Genuino Uno.

Then select Tools ->Port. Your port should be different from mine.

Step 4: Upload the sketch to the SunFounder Uno board

Click the Upload icon to upload the code to the control board.
If “Done uploading” appears at the bottom of the window, it means the sketch has been
successfully uploaded.

You should now see the LED blinking.


Code
//Blinking_LED
//turn on the LED for half a second,then off for half a second,repeatedly
//[email protected]
//www.sunfounder.com
//2015.5.7
/************************************************/
const int ledPin = 9;//the number of the LED pin
/************************************************/
void setup()
{
pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT);//initialize the digital pin as an output
}
/************************************************/
//the loop routine runs over and over again forever
void loop()
{
digitalWrite(ledPin,HIGH);//turn the LED on
delay(500); //wait for half a second
digitalWrite(ledPin,LOW); //turn the LED off
delay(500); //wait for half a second
}
/*************************************************/
Code Analysis
Define variables

const int ledPin = 9; //the number of the LED pin

You should define every variable before using in case of making mistakes. This line defines
a constant variable ledPin for the pin 9. In the following code, ledPin stands for pin 9. You
can also directly use pin 9 instead.

setup() function

A typical Arduino program consists of two subprograms: setup() for initialization and
loop() which contains the main body of the program.

The setup() function is usually used to initialize the digital pins and set them as input or
output as well as the baud rate of the serial communication.

The loop() function contains what the MCU will run circularly. It will not stop unless
something happens like power outages.

void setup()

pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT);//initialize the digital pin as an output

The setup() function here sets the ledPin as OUTPUT.

pinMode(Pin): Configures the specified pin to behave either as an input or an output.

The void before the setup means that this function will not return a value. Even when no
pins need to be initialized, you still need this function. Otherwise there will be errors in
compiling.

loop function

void loop()

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

delay(500); //wait for half a second

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

delay(500); //wait for half a second


}

This program is to set ledPin as HIGH to turn on the LED, with a delay of 500ms. Set
ledPin as LOW to turn the LED off and also delay 500ms. The MCU will run this program
repeatedly and you will see that the LED brightens for 500ms and then dims for 500ms.
This on/off alternation will not stop until the control board runs out of energy.

digitWrite(Pin): Write a HIGH or a LOW value to a digital pin. When this pin has been set
as output in pinModel(), its voltage will be set to the corresponding value: 5V (or 3.3V on
3.3V boards) for HIGH, 0V (ground) for LOW.

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