On this page
Components Needed
Component | Quantity |
---|---|
Arduino | 1 |
220 Ω Resistor | 3 |
RGB LED | 1 |
Jumper Wires | 4 |
RGB LED Circuit
Cycle RGB LED Colors Sketch
// RGB LED Arduino Example Sketch
const byte RED_LED = 10; //set a variable for the red led
const byte GREEN_LED = 8; //set a variable for the green led
const byte BLUE_LED = 9; //set a variable for the blue led
unsigned long currentMillis; // keeps track of current time in Milliseconds
unsigned long cycleRGBLEDTimer; //
unsigned long cycleDelay = 1;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // start the serial port
Serial.println("Starting RGB LED Sketch"); // Print a message to seraial monitor so we know it started
pinMode(RED_LED, OUTPUT); // set the red led pin as output
pinMode(GREEN_LED, OUTPUT); // set the green led pin as output
pinMode(BLUE_LED, OUTPUT); // set the blue led pin as output
cycleRGBLEDTimer = millis();
ledTimer = millis();
}
enum colorCycles { RED,
RED_GREEN,
GREEN,
GREEN_BLUE,
BLUE,
RED_BLUE };
colorCycles colorState = RED;
void loop() {
currentMillis = millis();
ledColorPicker(red, blue, green);
cycleRGBLED();
}
void cycleRGBLED() {
switch (colorState) {
case RED:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
green++;
}
if (green >= 255) {
colorState = RED_GREEN;
}
break;
case RED_GREEN:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
red--;
if (red <= 0) {
colorState = GREEN;
}
}
break;
case GREEN:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
blue++;
}
if (blue >= 255) {
colorState = GREEN_BLUE;
}
break;
case GREEN_BLUE:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
green--;
}
if (green <= 0) {
colorState = BLUE;
}
break;
case BLUE:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
red++;
if (red >= 255) {
colorState = RED_BLUE;
}
}
break;
case RED_BLUE:
if (checkTime(cycleRGBLEDTimer, cycleDelay)) {
blue--;
}
if (blue <= 0) {
colorState = RED;
}
break;
}
}
void ledColorPicker(int redValue, int greenValue, int blueValue) {
analogWrite(RED_LED, redValue);
analogWrite(GREEN_LED, greenValue);
analogWrite(BLUE_LED, blueValue);
}
// variable names modified from original by Larry D for clarity
// timerLength is how long the timer is in Milliseconds
// lastTimerExpiredTime is the time in Milliseconds of the last time the timer expired
// BEGIN CheckTime()
boolean checkTime(unsigned long &lastTimerExpiredTime, unsigned long timerLength) {
// is the time up for this task?
if (currentMillis - lastTimerExpiredTime >= timerLength) {
lastTimerExpiredTime += timerLength; //get ready for the next iteration
return true;
}
return false;
}
//END CheckTime()
Cycle RGB LED Colors on TinkerCad
No notes link to this note
This note does not link to other notes
(Last Modified:
)