Arduino beginner series: Project 3: Varying Brightness LED

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So till now we could only send a digital signal to the LED: keeping it either at 0 volt or 5 volts. But in this project we’ll program the LED to glow between the 0 and 5 volts.

Demo:

This is what project looks like and you can build it too!

Things you will need:

1. Arduino UNO
2. LED (any colour)
3. 220 ohm resistor
4. jumper wires
5. Breadboard
6. Arduino IDE on your computer

Functions that we’ll be using:

1. pinMode()
2. analogWrite()
3. delay()

Some important concepts + Video tutorial:

1. analogWrite() command: Here’s where you can better understand this function (LINK).<—- My project is based on this video.
2. Pulse Width Modulation: A fancy term for a digital signal. While the signal can only be high (usually 5V) or low (ground) at any time, we can change the proportion of time the signal is high compared to when it is low over a consistent time interval.
   (LINK1) (LINK2) theses two videos will help you better understand PWM

Code:

int led=9;
int bright=0;
int wait=500;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  for (int i=0; i<4; i++){
    bright+=63;
    if(bright>253){
      bright=0;
    }
    analogWrite(led, bright);
    delay(wait);
  }
}

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