Arduino Beginner Series: Project 1: Turn LED on/off and make it Blink

Need a short introduction to what the Arduino is then click on LINK
Check out the breadboard intro right HERE

Let’s get started!!

Things you will need:

1. Arduino UNO
2. USB A B cable
3. LED (any colour)
4. 220 ohm resistor
5. Computer with the Arduino IDE

Basics of LED

• LED stands for Light Emitting Diode
• a diode is a device that conducts electricity in one direction only
• it has a longer pin which is refered to a anode (+ve terminal) and a shorter pin which is refered to as cathode (-ve terminal).

• current flows in through the anode and out through the cathode
• generally a resistor (called a ballast resistor) is connected in series with the LED in order to prevent damage to the LED
• For a deeper dive in on this concept refer to (LINK)

Functions that we’ll be using:

1. pinMode()
2. digitalWrite()

Video Tutorial:

Note that these videos aren’t mine and I am NOT being paid to put these here. I’m a beginner with Arduino and these are the videos that I found helpful. I’m not making any of these tutorials cause there are literally hundreds of awesome ones out on the internet.

1. LINK 1 : in this video you will work on the built in LED on the Arduino board
2. LINK 2 : this video is about hooking up the LED circuit and getting started with LED projects

Code:

1. Turn LED ON

void setup() {
  pinMode(13,OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {
  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);

}

2. Turn LED OFF

void setup() {
  pinMode(13,OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);

}

3. Make LED blink

int LEDpin=13;
int wait= 500;
void setup() {
  pinMode(LEDpin,OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LEDpin, HIGH);
  delay(wait);
  digitalWrite(LEDpin, LOW);
  delay(wait);
}

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Happy Learning!!