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2.2 - Display the Level

The first project is simply to make the LED blink. In this project let’s use the LED Bar Graph, which is made up of 10 LEDs packaged into a plastic case, generally used to display power or volume levels.

img_led_bar_pin

Schematic

sch_ledbar

The LED Bar Graph contains 10 LEDs, each of which is individually controllable. Here, the anode of each of the 10 LEDs is connected to GP6~GP15, and the cathode is connected to a 220ohm resistor, and then to GND.

Wiring

wiring_ledbar

Code

Note

  • You can open the file 2.2_display_the_level.ino under the path of euler-kit/arduino/2.2_display_the_level.

  • Or copy this code into Arduino IDE.

  • Then select the Raspberry Pi Pico board and the correct port before clicking the Upload button.

When the program is running, you will see the LEDs on the LED Bar Graph light up and then turn off in sequence.

How it works?

Each of the ten LEDs on the LED Bar needs to be controlled by a pin, which means that we define these ten pins.

The codes in setup() use the for loop to initialize pins 6~15 to output mode in turn.

for(int i=6;i<=15;i++)
{
    pinMode(i,OUTPUT);
}

The for loop is used in loop() to make the LED flash(turn on 0.5s, then turn off 0.5s) in sequence.

for(int i=6;i<=15;i++)
{
    digitalWrite(i,HIGH);
    delay(500);
    digitalWrite(i,LOW);
    delay(500);
}