Description

This circuit uses two potentiometers, one to control the brightness of the LED and the other to control the blinking rate. Within each blink, the brightness is held constant. All measurements are done using analog inputs on the Arduino.

Components

• Arduino
• 1 LED
• 1 Resistor (220Ω)
• 7 Wires
• 1 Breadboard
• 2 Potentiometers

Code


int rateSensorPin = A0; // select the input pin for the rate potentiometer
int brightSensorPin = A2; // select the input pin for the brightness potentiometer
int ledPin = 9; // select the pin for the LED
int rateValue = 0; // variable to store rate pot value
int brightValue = 0; // variable to store brightness pot value
void setup() {
// declare the ledPin as an OUTPUT:
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
}

// turn the ledPin on, convert from 0-1023 scale to 0-255
analogWrite(ledPin, brightValue/4);
// stop the program for milliseconds:
delay(rateValue);
// turn the ledPin off:
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
// stop the program for for milliseconds:
delay(rateValue);
}