Arduino Nano - Potentiometer fade LED
This tutorial instructs you how to use Arduino Nano to adjust the brightness of the LED based on the output of the potentiometer.
Hardware Preparation
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Overview of LED and Potentiometer
If you are unfamiliar with LED and potentiometer (including pinout, operation, and programming), the following tutorials can help:
Wiring Diagram
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How To Program
- Gets the value from analog pin A0, which is a range of 0 to 1023.
int analog_value = analogRead(A0);
- Adjusts the brightness to a value between 0 and 255.
int brightness = map(analog_value, 0, 1023, 0, 255);
- Sets the LED connected to pin 3 to the brightness.
analogWrite(LED_PIN, brightness);
Arduino Nano Code
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int LED_PIN = 3; // The PWM pin the LED is attached to
// The setup function runs once on reset or power-up
void setup() {
// Initialize the Serial to communicate with the Serial Monitor.
Serial.begin(9600);
// declare LED pin to be an output:
pinMode(LED_PIN, OUTPUT);
}
// The loop function repeats indefinitely.
void loop() {
// reads the input on analog pin A0 (value between 0 and 1023)
int analog_value = analogRead(A0);
// scales it to brightness (value between 0 and 255)
int brightness = map(analog_value, 0, 1023, 0, 255);
// sets the brightness LED that connects to pin 3
analogWrite(LED_PIN, brightness);
// print out the value
Serial.print("Analog: ");
Serial.print(analog_value);
Serial.print(", Brightness: ");
Serial.println(brightness);
delay(100);
}
Detailed Instructions
- Copy the code above and open it with the Arduino IDE.
- Click the Upload button on the Arduino IDE to compile and upload the code to the Arduino Nano.
- Open the Serial Monitor.
- Turn the potentiometer.
- Check out the LED.
- Check out the result on the Serial Monitor.
COM6
Analog: 6, Brightness: 1
Analog: 34, Brightness: 8
Analog: 89, Brightness: 22
Analog: 149, Brightness: 37
Analog: 214, Brightness: 53
Analog: 297, Brightness: 74
Analog: 365, Brightness: 90
Analog: 431, Brightness: 107
Analog: 510, Brightness: 127
Analog: 589, Brightness: 146
Analog: 695, Brightness: 173
Analog: 790, Brightness: 196
Analog: 970, Brightness: 241
Analog: 996, Brightness: 248
Analog: 1018, Brightness: 253
Analog: 1023, Brightness: 255
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