Now we will add a Green LED and a Red LED as status indicators. We will also need two 560 ohm resistors.

For the Green LED we will wire the cathode(-) to ground. The cathode is the shorter length lead. The anode(+) will connect to the 560 Ohm resistor. The other end of the resistor will go to pin 0 on the feather.

The Red LED will be mostly similiar but connected to pin 1 on the Feather.

We will be using the code from previous step but adding the parts for the LED's

  • The LED's and what pin they are assigned to
  • Set the pins the LED's are on as outputs
  • Turning on red LED if alarming
  • Turning on green LED if not alarming
// include the library code:
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
#include <math.h>

// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins
LiquidCrystal lcd(6, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12);

// Degree symbol bitmap
byte degree[8] = {
  B01000,
  B10100,
  B01000,
  B00000,
  B00000,
  B00000,
  B00000,
  B00000,
};

//TMP36 Pin Variables
const int sensorPin = A0; //the analog pin the TMP36's Vout (sense) pin is connected to

//Pins for Tactile buttons used for raising or lowering alarm temperature
const int lowerAlarmTemp = 2;
const int raiseAlarmTemp = 3;

//Alarm value, change to what starting value should be.
int alarmTemp = 80;

//Buzzer Pin
const int buzzer = 13;
//frequency out
int freq;

//Red and Green status LED's
const int redLed = 1;
const int greenLed = 0;

//Set to 1 to display Celsius instead of Fahrenheit
int celsius = 0;

void setup() {
  //Create the degree symbol bitmap
  lcd.createChar(0, degree);

  // set up the LCD's number of columns and rows:
  lcd.begin(16, 2);

  //Set tactile buttons as inputs, use of pullup means we dont need external resistor
  pinMode(2, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(3, INPUT_PULLUP);

  // Set buzzer pin as output
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);

  //Set LED's as output
  pinMode(0, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(1, OUTPUT);
}

//Function that runs when button pressed to lower alarm temperature
void lowerAlarm()
{

  static unsigned long last_interrupt_time = 0;
  unsigned long interrupt_time = millis();
  // If interrupts come faster than 400ms, assume it's a bounce and ignore
  if (interrupt_time - last_interrupt_time > 400)
  {
    alarmTemp = alarmTemp - 1; //Lower alarmTemp by one
  }
  last_interrupt_time = interrupt_time;

}

//Function that runs when button pressed to raise alarm temperature
void raiseAlarm()
{
  static unsigned long last_interrupt_time = 0;
  unsigned long interrupt_time = millis();
  // If interrupts come faster than 400ms, assume it's a bounce and ignore
  if (interrupt_time - last_interrupt_time > 400)
  {
    alarmTemp = alarmTemp + 1; //Raise alarmTemp by one
  }
  last_interrupt_time = interrupt_time;
}

void loop() {

  //Interupt that when lowerAlarmTemp button is pressed runs lowerAlarm function
  attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(lowerAlarmTemp), lowerAlarm, FALLING);
  //Interupt that when raiseAlarmTemp button is pressed runs raiseAlarm function
  attachInterrupt(digitalPinToInterrupt(raiseAlarmTemp), raiseAlarm, FALLING);

  //Clear LCD
  lcd.clear();

  //Display Currently on the LCD
  lcd.print("Currently ") ;

  //getting the voltage reading from the temperature sensor
  int reading = analogRead(sensorPin);
  // converting that reading to voltage, for 3.3v arduino use 3.3
  float voltage = reading * 3.3;
  voltage /= 1024.0;

  float temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ;  //converting from 10 mv per degree with 500 mV offset
  //to degrees ((voltage - 500mV) times 100)

  if (celsius == 1) //If you set temperature as Celsius it will print Celsius values
  {
    //Round the temperature to a whole number
    float roundedTempC = round(temperatureC);

    // Display temperature in C
    lcd.print(roundedTempC, 0);
    lcd.write(byte(0)); //Degree symbol we created earlier
    lcd.print("C");

    // Display alarm Temp
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("Alarm at ");
    lcd.print(alarmTemp);
    lcd.write(byte(0));
    lcd.print("C");

    //Check if temperature is equal or greater than alarmTemp
    if (roundedTempC >= alarmTemp)
    {
      tone(buzzer, 200); // Play alarm tone
      delay(400);
      noTone(buzzer);
      digitalWrite(redLed, HIGH); //Turn red LED on
      digitalWrite(greenLed, LOW); //Turn green LED off
    }
    else
    {
      noTone(buzzer); //Make sure alarm is off
      digitalWrite(redLed, LOW); //Turn red LED off
      digitalWrite(greenLed, HIGH); //Turn green LED on
    }
  }
  else //Display in Fahrenheit
  {
    //Convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit
    float temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0;

    //Round the temperature to a whole number
    float roundedTempF = round(temperatureF);

    // Display temperature in F
    lcd.print(roundedTempF, 0);
    lcd.write(byte(0)); //Degree symbol we created earlier
    lcd.print("F");

    // Display alarm Temp
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    lcd.print("Alarm at ");
    lcd.print(alarmTemp);
    lcd.write(byte(0));
    lcd.print("F");

    //Check if temperature is equal or greater than alarmTemp
    if (roundedTempF >= alarmTemp)
    {
      tone(buzzer, 200); // Play alarm tone
      delay(400);
      noTone(buzzer);
      digitalWrite(redLed, HIGH); //Turn red LED on
      digitalWrite(greenLed, LOW); //Turn green LED off
    }
    else
    {
      noTone(buzzer); //Make sure alarm is off
      digitalWrite(redLed, LOW); //Turn red LED off
      digitalWrite(greenLed, HIGH); //Turn green LED on
    }
  }
  delay(1000);
}

After loading the new code on the Feather it should look like this picture and the green LED should be illuminated if below the alarm level. Otherwise the red LED should be on.

For more information on using LEDs with Arduino check out this guide.

This guide was first published on Jan 24, 2017. It was last updated on Jan 24, 2017.

This page (LED Status) was last updated on Dec 17, 2016.

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