athome-keypad-arduino

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• Keypad lib

keypad.ino

/*4x4 Matrix Keypad connected to Arduino
 This code prints the key pressed on the keypad to the serial port*/

#include <Keypad.h>

const byte numRows= 4; //number of rows on the keypad
const byte numCols= 4; //number of columns on the keypad

//keymap defines the key pressed according to the row and columns just as appears on the keypad
char keymap[numRows][numCols]= 
{
  {'1', '2', '3', 'A'}, 
  {'4', '5', '6', 'B'}, 
  {'7', '8', '9', 'C'},
  {'*', '0', '#', 'D'}
};

//Code that shows the the keypad connections to the arduino terminals
byte rowPins[numRows] = {9,8,7,6}; //Rows 0 to 3
byte colPins[numCols]= {5,4,3,2}; //Columns 0 to 3

//initializes an instance of the Keypad class
Keypad myKeypad= Keypad(makeKeymap(keymap), rowPins, colPins, numRows, numCols);

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

//If key is pressed, this key is stored in 'keypressed' variable
//If key is not equal to 'NO_KEY', then this key is printed out
//if count=17, then count is reset back to 0 (this means no key is pressed during the whole keypad scan process
void loop()
{
  char keypressed = myKeypad.getKey();
  if (keypressed != NO_KEY) {
    Serial.print("K ");
    Serial.write(keypressed);
    Serial.println("");
    Serial.flush();
  }
}