Noob help with Centipede shield

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1

Hello

Übernoob warning!

I've got a Centipede shield;

http://docs.macetech.com/doku.php/centipede_shield

But damn, I can't seem to figure out how to connect regular tact pushbuttons to it.

Do I need pull down resistors, like the standard arduino pushbutton scetch, or can I use the "internal 100k" and the .pinPullup function?

I.e. do I need to multiply something like this for each button: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Button

Could someone (Mr Macetech maybe...) please explain with a simple scetch how I connect a button and how to read it's state, and maybe add to the documentation.

Thanks
F

2

This is how you change the basic button example to work with the button on shield pin 98 and the LED on shield pin 99.

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Centipede.h>
Centipede CS; // create Centipede object

// constants won't change. They're used here to 
// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 98;     // the number of the pushbutton pin (was 2)
const int ledPin =  99;        // the number of the LED pin (was 13)

// variables will change:
int buttonState = 0;         // variable for reading the pushbutton status

void setup() {
  // initialize the LED pin as an output:
  CS.pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);      
  // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
  CS.pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);     
}

void loop(){
  // read the state of the pushbutton value:
  buttonState = CS.digitalRead(buttonPin);

  // check if the pushbutton is pressed.
  // if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
  if (buttonState == HIGH) {     
    // turn LED on:    
    CS.digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);  
  } 
  else {
    // turn LED off:
    CS.digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); 
  }
}
3

Ok, great, thanks!

So the schematics, will I need a resistor for each button like in the example?

Just thought if the internal 100k pull up resistor was to use for stuff like buttons to make my life easier...

Cheers!

4

Enabling the pull-up resistor on a shield input pin is close to the way you do it on an Arduino pin but you use CS.pinPullup(pin,HIGH) instead of digitalWrite(pin, HIGH).

void setup() {
  // initialize the LED pin as an output
  CS.pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);

  // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input and enable the pull-up:
  CS.pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);     
  CS.pinPullup(buttonPin, HIGH);
}
5

Allright, got it working it seems! The following code will light up the on-board led (13) when Centipede pin 10 is connected to ground.

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Centipede.h>

Centipede CS;
const int buttonPin = 10;
int buttonState = 0;

void setup() {                
  Wire.begin();
  CS.initialize();
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
  CS.pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
  CS.pinPullup(buttonPin, HIGH);  
}

void loop() {
  buttonState = CS.digitalRead(buttonPin);  
  if (buttonState == LOW) {     
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);  
  } 
  else {
    digitalWrite(13, LOW); 
  }
}