Arduino Beginner Series: Project 4: Dimmable LED

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So in this project we’ll make a LED brightness controller using a potentiometer (variable resistance)

Demo:

So this is what my project looks like:

Things Required:

1. Arduino UNO
2. USB AB cable
3. LED (any color)
4. 10 k ohm resistor
5. Breadboard
6. 220 ohm resistor
7. Arduino IDE on computer
8. jumper wires

Important Concepts:

1. Understanding how a potentiometer works: (LINK)
2. Setting up circuit: (LINK)

Functions used:

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

Code:

int pot_val;
float led_val;
int led_pin=9;
int pot_pin=A0;

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(pot_pin, INPUT);
  pinMode(led_pin, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  pot_val= analogRead(pot_pin);
  led_val= (255.0/1023.0)*pot_val;
  analogWrite(led_pin, led_val);

}

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