Hello,
I am trying to write a simple set of instructions to monitor a debounced button. When the button is pressed, it want the output led to begin blinking. When pressed again, stop the blinking. Continue looping to check button status.
Have little experience with programming, trying to learn and understand the Arduino code.
Please see my code, I'm sure there are several things wrong with it.
When I run the program, the output led is initially LOW. When the button is pressed, the led starts blinking. When the button is pressed again, nothing happens. It continues to blink.
// constants won't change. They're used here to set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 2; // DB the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin = 13; // DB the number of the LED pin
// Variables will change:
int ledState = LOW; // DB the current state of the output pin
int buttonState; // DB the current reading from the input pin
int lastButtonState = LOW; // DB the previous reading from the input pin
long previousMillis = 0; //Blink
// the following variables are unsigned longs because the time, measured in
// milliseconds, will quickly become a bigger number than can be stored in an int.
unsigned long lastDebounceTime = 0; // DB the last time the output pin was toggled
unsigned long debounceDelay = 50; // DB the debounce time; increase if the output flickers
void setup() {
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT); //DB
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); //DB
// set initial LED state
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState); //DB
}
long interval = 500; //Blink
void loop() {
// read the state of the switch into a local variable:
int reading = digitalRead(buttonPin); //DB
// check to see if you just pressed the button
// (i.e. the input went from LOW to HIGH), and you've waited long enough
// since the last press to ignore any noise:
// If the switch changed, due to noise or pressing:
if (reading != lastButtonState) { //DB
// reset the debouncing timer
lastDebounceTime = millis(); //DB
} //DB
if ((millis() - lastDebounceTime) > debounceDelay) { //DB
// whatever the reading is at, it's been there for longer than the debounce
// delay, so take it as the actual current state:
// if the button state has changed:
if (reading != buttonState) { //DB
buttonState = reading; //DB
// only toggle the LED if the new button state is HIGH
if (buttonState == HIGH) { //DB
ledState = !ledState; //DB
} //DB
} //DB
} //DB
// set the LED:
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState); //DB
//Blink code starts
if (buttonState == HIGH) {
unsigned long currentMillis = millis(); //Blink
if (currentMillis - previousMillis > interval) { //Blink
previousMillis = currentMillis; //Blink
if (ledState == LOW) //Blink
ledState = HIGH; //Blink
else //Blink
ledState = LOW; //Blink
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState); //Blink
}
}
else
//Blink code stops
// save the reading. Next time through the loop, it'll be the lastButtonState:
lastButtonState = reading; //DB
} //DB
