Arduino IDE 1.0 Stop Button.. Where is it?

Development Tools IDE 1.x
1

I ran my program and it runs continously in a loop. It doesn't stop.

How can I stop the program manually if I want to edit the code or just want to pause/stop it then run it again later on? Apparently there's no stop/pause button in sight?

Thanks for your help. Sorry for the silly question! Basically, I do want to run my program continuously but if I want to do something else, so I want to stop the program without disconnecting the wire and run it again at a later time, how do I do that?

Here's my code:

#include <AFMotor.h>

AF_Stepper motor(200, 2);

void setup()
{
motor.setSpeed(60);
}

void loop()
{
motor.step(100, FORWARD, SINGLE);
}

2

Maybe you should void loop on your sketch?

3

Tobias00:
Maybe you should void loop on your sketch?

Huh? See edit.

Sorry I'm a bit of a Newbie ><''

4

try this variation, it will allow approx. 10 seconds of forward riding and then stops.

void loop()
{
  if (millis() < 10000UL)
  {
    motor.step(100, FORWARD, SINGLE);
  }


}
5

"How can I stop the program manually if I want to edit the code or just want to pause/stop it then run it again later on?"

Add a button to your arduino.
At the top of loop, read the button - if pressed and the program is not running, start the program.
If pressed and the program is running, stop the program.

button = 2;
running = 0;

void setup(){
pinMode (button, INPUT);
digitalWrite (button, HIGH); // ground the pin to make the button signal active
}

void loop(){
if ( (digitalRead(button) == 0) && (running == 1) ){ // program is running
running = 0; // so stop it
delay (100); // debounce swithch; crude
}
if ( (digitalRead(button) == 0) && (running == 0) )
{ // program is not running
running = 1; // so start it
delay (100); // debounce switch; crude
}
if ( running == 1)
{
motor.step(100, FORWARD, SINGLE);
}

} // end void loop