how do i add a serial counter into my debounce circuit!?

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Hi all

I have a debounce circuit working into pin 4 on my arduino uno. LED is toggling on and off like it should every time I push my push button.

But can someone please help me to get it to count the number of switches and print this number into the serial monitor please!

I know how to get it to print a line when I first switch it on but that is about as far as my knowledge goes at the moment!

Thanks.

code below;

/*
Debounce

Each time the input pin goes from LOW to HIGH (e.g. because of a push-button
press), the output pin is toggled from LOW to HIGH or HIGH to LOW. There's
a minimum delay between toggles to debounce the circuit (i.e. to ignore
noise).

The circuit:

  • LED attached from pin 13 to ground

  • pushbutton attached from pin 2 to +5V

  • 10K resistor attached from pin 2 to ground

  • Note: On most Arduino boards, there is already an LED on the board
    connected to pin 13, so you don't need any extra components for this example.

created 21 November 2006
by David A. Mellis
modified 30 Aug 2011
by Limor Fried
modified 28 Dec 2012
by Mike Walters

This example code is in the public domain.

*/

// constants won't change. They're used here to
// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 4; // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin = 13; // the number of the LED pin

// Variables will change:
int ledState = HIGH; // the current state of the output pin
int buttonState; // the current reading from the input pin
int lastButtonState = LOW; // the previous reading from the input pin

// the following variables are long's because the time, measured in miliseconds,
// will quickly become a bigger number than can be stored in an int.
long lastDebounceTime = 0; // the last time the output pin was toggled
long debounceDelay = 50; // the debounce time; increase if the output flickers

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("power on");
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);

// set initial LED state
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState);
}

void loop() {
// read the state of the switch into a local variable:
int reading = digitalRead(buttonPin);

// 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) {
// reset the debouncing timer
lastDebounceTime = millis();
}

if ((millis() - lastDebounceTime) > debounceDelay) {
// 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) {
buttonState = reading;

// only toggle the LED if the new button state is HIGH
if (buttonState == HIGH) {
ledState = !ledState;
}
}
}

// set the LED:
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState);

// save the reading. Next time through the loop,
// it'll be the lastButtonState:
lastButtonState = reading;
}

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There is an example called state change detection that shows how to determine when a switch BECOMES pressed and when it BECOMES released. When you can determine that, counting presses is trivial. Writing to the serial port is trivial.

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[code] int debounce = 0;
if(button is bounced or debounced){
debounce= debounce+0.5

You want to pass around whatever it is you are smoking? Add 0.5 to an int accomplishes zip, nada, nothing, zilch.

4

What would happen if you add count++; as in this (assuming count is declared at the top of your program)

if (buttonState == HIGH) {
        ledState = !ledState;
        count ++;
      }

...R

5

Ah yes that makes perfect sense I'll put that sketch on tonight. Thanks a lot