Minor Project

My minor project is the basic layout that my major will have. It consists of two push buttons, each with their own corresponding set of LED's that "flash" when the button is pressed. This will eventually be migrated to the Lilypad Arduino so that it can sewn onto the back of a jacket to represent indicators.

At this stage I have only just received the Lilypad Arduino so will not be using it for the minor.

The major projects code will have a much stronger structure. The code for this is very basic but it represents how the major project will function.

Code:

const int leftButton = 7;
const int rightButton = 8;

const int leftLED = 11;
const int rightLED = 12;

boolean leftBool;
boolean rightBool;

int x;

int buttonStateL = 0; // variable for reading the pushbutton status
int buttonStateR = 0;


void setup() {
// initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(leftLED, OUTPUT);
pinMode(rightLED, OUTPUT);

// initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:

pinMode(rightButton, INPUT);
pinMode(leftButton, INPUT);

leftBool = false;
rightBool = false;
}

void loop(){
// read the state of the pushbutton value:

//right
buttonStateR = digitalRead(rightButton);

// check if the pushbutton is pressed.
// if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
if (buttonStateR == HIGH) {
rightBool = true;
}

if (rightBool == true)
{
// turn LED on:
for (x=0;x less than 10;x++)
{
digitalWrite(rightLED, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(rightLED, LOW);
delay(500);
}
rightBool = false;
}



//left buttonStateL
buttonStateL = digitalRead(leftButton);

// check if the pushbutton is pressed.
// if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
if (buttonStateL == HIGH)
{
leftBool = true;
}

if (leftBool == true)
{
// turn LED on:
for (x=0;x less than 10;x++)
{
digitalWrite(leftLED, HIGH);
delay(500);
digitalWrite(leftLED, LOW);
delay(500);
}
leftBool = false;

}
}



Fritzing Diagram:

Note: from first attempt.

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