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Blink Fade without delay
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const byte ledPin = 13; // the number of the LED pin | |
const byte fadeLed = 11; | |
// Variables will change : | |
int ledState = LOW; // ledState used to set the LED | |
// Generally, you shuould use "unsigned long" for variables that hold time | |
// The value will quickly become too large for an int to store | |
unsigned long previousMillis = 0; // will store last time LED was updated | |
unsigned long fadeLast = 0; | |
const long fadeInterval = 30; | |
// constants won't change : | |
const long interval = 1000; // interval at which to blink (milliseconds) | |
byte fadeDirection = 0; | |
int fadeValue = 0; | |
void setup() { | |
// set the digital pin as output: | |
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); | |
} | |
void loop() | |
{ | |
// here is where you'd put code that needs to be running all the time. | |
// check to see if it's time to blink the LED; that is, if the | |
// difference between the current time and last time you blinked | |
// the LED is bigger than the interval at which you want to | |
// blink the LED. | |
unsigned long currentMillis = millis(); | |
if(currentMillis - previousMillis >= interval) { | |
// save the last time you blinked the LED | |
previousMillis = currentMillis; | |
// if the LED is off turn it on and vice-versa: | |
if (ledState == LOW) | |
ledState = HIGH; | |
else | |
ledState = LOW; | |
// set the LED with the ledState of the variable: | |
digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState); | |
} | |
if(currentMillis - fadeLast >= fadeInterval) { | |
fadeLast = currentMillis; | |
if (fadeDirection == 0) { | |
fadeValue += 5; | |
if (fadeValue >= 251) { | |
fadeDirection = 1; | |
fadeValue = 255; | |
} | |
} else if (fadeDirection == 1) { | |
fadeValue -= 5; | |
if (fadeValue <= 5) { | |
fadeDirection = 0; | |
fadeValue = 0; | |
} | |
} | |
analogWrite(fadeLed, fadeValue); | |
} | |
} |
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