I've been reading through these forums and noticed that there are quite a few people, with not a lot of experience, struggling with blinking multiple LEDs. Here's a little class I wrote that lets you setup, start & stop multiple LEDs blinking. I figured it might come in handy for some.
http://leftcoast.biz/arduino/code%20bits/blinkerTest.zip
Enjoy!
-jim lee
Like.
But why bloat it with floats?
Why floats? Making it as easy as possible for someone that knows nothing about computers to use it. One less thing for them to have to get their head around. "Different types of numbers?"
Also why it has the default to blink the built in LED. The idea was to make it do something with the lowest learning curve possible.
-jim lee
might I suggest a few things: (since I believe Im sorta your target audience... newbie) 
You only link to the .zip file..
what would a new person do with this?
There is no readme.txt or direction here on to even install this class/files...
Also there is no 'documentation' on the class its functions/methods available for us to use.. nor any examples of those functions in use/how to use them.
Maybe thats all implied or assumed knowledge?
or maybe this isnt for beginners at all? and I misunderstood?
thanks
Did you look in the zip file? There's a ready to run example/test project in there. The code is documented as to how to use it.
Go have a look!
-jim lee
Are you aware of my blinkenlight experiments?
ahh....
I did.. and i guess this is the example file?
blinkerTest.ino
I have not upgraded to 1.0 IDE yet.. 9seems like lots of trouble for a newbie to messing with header files and wondering if its their code or the libs or the IDE...etc..
I have enough trouble from 'myself' without the added trouble of possible IDE errors.. LOL
I hope your functions are outlined and examples given..
I run both 0023 and 1.0 side by side, and just last night started working on a project that will be written entirely in 1.0, or at least, that's the hope. Everything else has been done in 0023 and I have no plans on "upgrading" them to be 1.0 compliant.
Udo Klein : Looked at your stuff a little last night. Looked more at it today. I'd no idea you could use LEDs as crude light sensors. A friend of mine told me an image chip from a camera is just a ram chip with the top missing and an image focused on it.
xl97: If you don't like the blinker stuff, that's fine. I just figured people might find it handy.
-jim lee
I'd no idea you could use LEDs as crude light sensors
A friend of mine told me an image chip from a camera is just a ram chip with the top missing and an image focused on it.
Not strictly true, though you used to be able to make a crude monochrome camera from a dynamic RAM chip (Steve Ciarcia, c.1987 ?), when RAM sizes were measured in K, and not G.
jimLee:
Udo Klein : Looked at your stuff a little last night. Looked more at it today. I'd no idea you could use LEDs as crude light sensors. A friend of mine told me an image chip from a camera is just a ram chip with the top missing and an image focused on it.xl97: If you don't like the blinker stuff, that's fine. I just figured people might find it handy.
-jim lee
no, no.. dont get me wrong.. I love blinker stuff!..
I was trying to give you a bit of feedback form your target audience..
you said this was targeted for beginners....right? (thats me)..
Im just saying I think if its goal was to help make things easier for beginners..
I personally wouldnt have known what to do with just a link you provided. (nor did I immediately know it was only for Arduino IDE 1.0 etc..
no directions on where to put the headers/class files...etc.. for more experienced members.. that may be an no brainer or something they have done before.. (but then they probably dont need a class to blink leds either) ;).
beginners like myself could benefit a bit more from some documentation, and outline how to use your work, if you want it to be used/appreciated. 