Devashish Gupta
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Controlling LED Brightness Using Bolt and Arduino

Controlling the brightness of LED using API calls for Bolt.

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Controlling LED Brightness Using Bolt and Arduino

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Bolt WiFi Module
Bolt IoT Bolt WiFi Module
×1
Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
×6
Resistor 330 ohm
Resistor 330 ohm
×6
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
Solderless Breadboard Half Size
×1
Male/Male Jumper Wires
×7
USB-A to B Cable
USB-A to B Cable
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Bolt Cloud
Bolt IoT Bolt Cloud

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Schematics

Led brightness control

Code

Led brightness control

Arduino
#include <BoltIoT-Arduino-Helper.h>

int pwm_pin[] = {3,5,6,9,10,11};

String switchOn(String *data) {
  int pin = data[0].toInt();
  int pwm = data[1].toInt();
  if ((pin < 1) || (pin > 6)) {
    return "pin number should be b/w 1 and 6";
  }
  pin--;
  analogWrite(pwm_pin[pin],pwm);
  return "Pin"+String(pin)+"was set to pwm value"+String(pwm);
}

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  pinMode(3,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(5,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(6,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(9,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(10,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(11,OUTPUT);
  boltiot.begin(Serial);
  boltiot.setCommandString("ON",switchOn,2,' ');
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
  boltiot.handleCommand();
}

Credits

Devashish Gupta

Devashish Gupta

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Electronics student at NIT, Rourkela

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