Very simple code I posted below. Literally typed verbatim from the book. The const float baselineTemp - if I change this then the sensor val changes along with the voltage and temperature values in the serial monitor. It should have no effect on those. The wiring is good and nothing is touched when I change the baselineTemp and reupload. However the other values keep changing. Am I missing something? This topic was posted several times before without an answer.
<const int sensorPin = A0;
const float baselineTemp = 20.0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
for(int pinNumber = 2; pinNumber<5; pinNumber++){
pinMode(pinNumber, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(pinNumber, LOW);
}
}
void loop() {
int sensorVal = analogRead(sensorPin);
Serial.print("Sensor Value: “);
Serial.print(sensorVal);
float voltage = (sensorVal/1024.0) * 5.0;
Serial.print(”, Volts: “);
Serial.print(voltage);
Serial.print(”, degrees C: ");
float temperature = (voltage - .5) * 100;
Serial.println(temperature);
if(temperature < baselineTemp+2){
digitalWrite(2, LOW);
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
}else if(temperature >= baselineTemp+2 &&
temperature < baselineTemp+4){
digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(3, LOW);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
}else if(temperature >= baselineTemp+4 &&
temperature < baselineTemp+6){
digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
}else if(temperature >= baselineTemp+6){
digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
}
delay(100);
}
