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Arduino Button Tutorial Using Arduino DigitalRead Function

In this tutorial, you are going to learn about interfacing the button with Arduino using the Arduino digitalRead function.

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Arduino Button Tutorial Using Arduino DigitalRead Function

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Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
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Pushbutton switch 12mm
SparkFun Pushbutton switch 12mm
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5 mm LED: Red
5 mm LED: Red
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Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
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Resistor 220 ohm
Resistor 220 ohm
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Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
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Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
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Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

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Code snippet #1

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// constants won't change. They're used here to
// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 2;     // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin =  13;      // the number of the LED pin

// variables will change:
int buttonState = 0;         // variable for reading the pushbutton status

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // initialize the LED pin as an output:
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
  // read the state of the pushbutton value:
  buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);

  // Show the state of pushbutton on serial monitor
  Serial.println(buttonState);

  // check if the pushbutton is pressed.
  // if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
  if (buttonState == HIGH) {
    // turn LED on:
    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
  } else {
    // turn LED off:
    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
  }
  // Added the delay so that we can see the output of button
  delay(100);
}

Code snippet #2

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// constants won't change. They're used here to
// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 2;     // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin =  13;      // the number of the LED pin

// variables will change:
int buttonState = 0;         // variable for reading the pushbutton status

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  // initialize the LED pin as an output:
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  // initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT_PULLUP);
}

void loop() {
  // read the state of the pushbutton value:
  buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);

  // Show the state of pushbutton on serial monitor
  Serial.println(buttonState);

  // check if the pushbutton is pressed.
  // if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
  if (buttonState == HIGH) {
    // turn LED on:
    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
  } else {
    // turn LED off:
    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
  }
  // Added the delay so that we can see the output of button
  delay(100);
}

Code snippet #3

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const int  buttonPin = 2;    // the pin that the pushbutton is attached to
const int ledPin = 13;       // the pin that the LED is attached to

// Variables will change:
int counter = 1;   // counter for the number of button presses
int buttonState = 0;         // current state of the button
int lastButtonState = 0;     // previous state of the button

void setup() {
  // initialize the button pin as a input:
  pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
  // initialize the LED as an output:
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  // initialize serial communication:
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  // read the pushbutton input pin:
  buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);

  // compare the buttonState to its previous state
  if (buttonState != lastButtonState) {
    // if the state has changed, increment the counter
    if (buttonState == HIGH) {
      // if the current state is HIGH then the button
      // went from off to on:
      counter++;
      Serial.println(counter);
    }
    // Delay a little bit to avoid bouncing
    delay(50);
  }
  // save the current state as the last state for next time through the loop
  lastButtonState = buttonState;

  // turns on the LED after two button pushes
  if (counter >= 3) {
    digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
    counter = 0;
  }
  // turns off the LED after one button pushes
  else if (counter == 1){
    digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
  }
}

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