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Arduino Tutorial 29: Using Push Buttons to Create Dimmable LED

In this lesson we show you how to create a Dimmable LED using two pushbuttons. Pressing one button will gradually increase the brightness, while pressing the other button will gradually decrease the brightness. The project also includes an active buzzer to provide the user feedback that either maximum or minimum brightness have been reached. I encourage you to try and build this yourself before watching the video. Then see if you can do it on your own, and then see if you are doing the way I do it, or if you find an alternative suitable solution.

If you want to follow along at home, you can order the Arduino Kit we are using HERE.

Below is the code we used to achieve the toggle operation. The video gives details on how to connect up the circuit.

 

Arduino Tutorial 27: Understanding Pushbuttons and Pull Up and Pull Down Resistors

Being able to add push buttons to your projects adds important new capabilities to your prototypes. It is a clever way you can get input from a user. You could imagine using push buttons to turn something on or off, or they could be used to set motor speed or direction. In order to incorporate buttons into a project, you need to understand the concept of pull up and pull down resistors. In this tutorial we show you how to include buttons in a project, by demonstrating a simple on/off function on an LED.

If you want to follow along at home, you can order the Arduino Kit we are using HERE.

This is the code we used in this project to switch the LED on and off.