Ingo Lohs
Published © LGPL

10 Segment LED Bar Graph

A short circuit example

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

10 LEDs Bar Array, Green
10 LEDs Bar Array, Green
Kingbright DC7G3HWA and Kingbright DC-10GWA or DFRobot FIT0188
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Resistor 1k ohm
Resistor 1k ohm
10 pieces
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
23 pieces m/m - 20 for bar graph and 3 for potentiometer
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Code

BAR Graph LED - Example

C/C++
/*
   LED bar graph
   Turns on a series of LEDs based on the value of an analog sensor. 
   This is a simple way to make a bar graph display. 
   Though this graph uses 8LEDs, you can use any number by
      changing the LED count and the pins in the array.
   This method can be used to control any series of digital
      outputs that depends on an analog input.
*/

// these constants won't change:
const int analogPin = A0; // the pin that the potentiometer is attached to
const int ledCount = 10; // the number of LEDs in the bar graph
int ledPins[] = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13}; // an array of pin numbers to which LEDs are attached

void setup() {
   // loop over the pin array and set them all to output:
   for (int thisLed = 0; thisLed < ledCount; thisLed++) {
      pinMode(ledPins[thisLed], OUTPUT);
   }
}

void loop() {
   // read the potentiometer:
   int sensorReading = analogRead(analogPin);
   // map the result to a range from 0 to the number of LEDs:
   int ledLevel = map(sensorReading, 0, 1023, 0, ledCount);
   // loop over the LED array:
   for (int thisLed = 0; thisLed < ledCount; thisLed++) {
      // if the array element's index is less than ledLevel,
      // turn the pin for this element on:
      if (thisLed < ledLevel) {
         digitalWrite(ledPins[thisLed], HIGH);
      }else { // turn off all pins higher than the ledLevel:
         digitalWrite(ledPins[thisLed], LOW);
      }
   }
} 

Credits

Ingo Lohs

Ingo Lohs

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I am well over 50 years and come from the middle of Germany.

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