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1.6 Water Lamp

Today, we will use LED Bar Graph, Raspberry Pi and scratch to make a Water Lamp.

The LED Bar Graph will light up in order with the direction of the arrows on the stage.

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Required Components

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Build the Circuit

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Load the Code and See What Happens

Load the code file (1.6_water_lamp.sb3) from your computer to Scratch 3.

By clicking on Arrow1, the LEDs on the LED bar are lit in sequence from the left to the right (one at a time) and then off. Click Arrow2 and the LEDs light up in the opposite order.

Tips on Sprites

Delete the default sprite and choose the Arrow1 sprite.

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Here we will need 2 Arrow1 sprites, which can be done with the duplicate button.

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Click on the Arrow 2 sprite and change the direction of the arrow by selecting costume 2.

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Now let’s make a variable.

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Name it as num.

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Follow the same method to create a list called led.

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After adding, you should see the num variable and the led list on the stage area.

Click + to add 10 list items and enter the pin numbers in order (17,18,27,22,23,24,25,2,3,8).

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Tips on Codes

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This is an event block that is triggered when the current sprite is clicked.

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The initial value of the num variable determines which LED is lit first.

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Set the pin corresponding to num in the led list to low to light the LED, and then set the pin corresponding to num-1 to high to turn off the previous LED.