I'm have two questions, firstly I would like the edit this code
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Jonathan Robson Feb 09.
Laser tripwire activates a buzzer. adapted from
http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino_Laser_Tripwire/
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int buzzPin = 11; // buzzer connected to digital pin 11
void setup() {
pinMode(buzzPin, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pin as output
}
void loop(){
if(analogRead(0) < 850){ // this number depends on calibration of the photocell
digitalWrite(buzzPin, HIGH); // turns buzzer on
delay(1000); // waits for 1 second
digitalWrite(buzzPin, LOW); // turns buzzer off
} else{
digitalWrite(buzzPin, LOW);
}
}
from a laser trip wire project found here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Another-Arduino-Laser-Tripwire/ so that instead of buzzing when the laser is broken but to have a timer, so that when you shine the laser on it for lets say 3 seconds it starts a timer that gives you five minutes to shine the laser again or the buzzer goes off.
My second question is probably an obivous answer but I'm still new to this so please bare with me, if I wanted to use an arduino mini for this project would I use the exact same pins and code?
This is what you asked for but probably not what you really want. The user has no feedback to tell them when they have successfully triggered the timer. They also get no feedback when they successfully disarm the timer. I suggest two short beeps when the timer starts and five short beeps when they disarm the timer.
int buzzPin = 11; // buzzer connected to digital pin 11
void setup() {
pinMode(buzzPin, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pin as output
}
boolean hit() {
return analogRead(0) < 850;
}
void loop() {
static int state = 0;
static unsigned long timerStart = 0;
switch (state) {
case 0: // Waiting for initial hit
if (hit()) {
state = 1;
timerStart = millis();
}
break;
case 1: // Got initial hit. Must last three seconds to count
if (millis() - timerStart > 3000) {
state = 2; // Long enough
// I'd put a couple of short beeps in here to let them know the three seconds have passed.
}
else
if (!hit())
state = 0; // Not long enough. Start over.
break;
case 2: // Got initial 3-second hit. Wait for it to go away
if (!hit()) {
state = 3;
timerStart = millis(); // Five minute timer starts now
}
break;
case 3: // In the timer
if (hit())
state = 4; // Winner!
else
if (millis() - timerStart > 5*60*1000UL) {
// Ran out of time
digitalWrite(buzzPin, HIGH); // turns buzzer on
delay(1000); // waits for 1 second
digitalWrite(buzzPin, LOW); // turns buzzer off
state = 4;
}
break;
case 4: // Won
// I'd put five short beeps in here to let them know they have won
state = 0; // Start over
break;
}
}
wow that's perfect!! THank you so much! I have have one more question instead of adding a beep to let you know it's engaged how would you have it trigger an led instead?
Another choice would be to light the LED at state=2 and turn it off at state=4. The LED would then come on when the timer was triggered and off again at the end of the game.