I have been assigned to program this project and i have hit a wall. I have limited experience in a class setting playing around with arduino so i am using that experience o lead me in programming and set up.
So first of all I am using this circuit to control the motors. [Arduino for Beginners: Controlling a 12V DC motor/fan with an Arduino]
Its a series of optisolators and relays to get the 12v power. (external Power supply)
I have been using some blink tutorails to get the language down. I am using LED@HIGH for a period of time to represent the printers printing. I can get them to cycle but stopping is a problem. I want to stop them at the exact moment of a buttom press. Currentlly the loop has to cycle through all 8 at least once after the button is pressed in order to stop. SHould I move this over to the programming area? Anything to assit will be amazing.
int switchPin2 = 2;
int switchPin = 1;
int led1Pin = 13;
int led2Pin = 12;
int led3Pin = 11;
int led4Pin = 10;
int led5Pin = 9;
int led6Pin = 8;
int led7Pin = 7;
int led8Pin = 6;
int val;
int val2;
int buttonState;
int lightMode = 0;
void setup() {
pinMode(switchPin, INPUT);
pinMode(led1Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led2Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led3Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led4Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led5Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led6Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led7Pin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(led8Pin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600); // Set up serial communication at 9600b
buttonState = digitalRead(switchPin); // read the initial state
}
void loop(){
val = digitalRead(switchPin); // read input value and store it in val
delay(100); // 10 milliseconds is a good amount of time
val2 = digitalRead(switchPin); // read the input again to check for bounces
if (val == val2) { // make sure we got 2 consistant readings!
if (val != buttonState) { // the button state has changed!
if (val == LOW) { // check if the button is pressed
if (lightMode == 0) { // if its off
lightMode = 1; // turn lights on!
} else {
if (lightMode == 1) { // if its all-on
lightMode = 2; // make it blink!
} else {
if (lightMode == 2) { // if its blinking
lightMode = 3; // make it wave!
} else {
if (lightMode == 3){ // if its waving,
lightMode == 0; // turn light off!
}
}
}
}
}
}
buttonState = val; // save the new state in our variable
}
// Now do whatever the lightMode indicates
if (lightMode == 0) { // all-off
digitalWrite(led1Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led2Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led3Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led4Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led5Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led6Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led7Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led8Pin, LOW);
}
if (lightMode == 1) { // all-on test
digitalWrite(led1Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led2Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led3Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led4Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led5Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led6Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led7Pin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(led8Pin, HIGH);
}
if (lightMode == 2) { // test done
digitalWrite(led1Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led2Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led3Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led4Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led5Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led6Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led7Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led8Pin, LOW);
delay(100);
}
if (lightMode == 3) { // "wave"
digitalWrite(led1Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led1Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led3Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led3Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led6Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led6Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led4Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led4Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led5Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led5Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led7Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led7Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led2Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led2Pin, LOW);
digitalWrite(led8Pin, HIGH);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(led8Pin, LOW);
}
}