element14 Community
element14 Community
    Register Log In
  • Site
  • Search
  • Log In Register
  • About Us
  • Community Hub
    Community Hub
    • What's New on element14
    • Feedback and Support
    • Benefits of Membership
    • Personal Blogs
    • Members Area
    • Achievement Levels
  • Learn
    Learn
    • Ask an Expert
    • eBooks
    • element14 presents
    • Learning Center
    • Tech Spotlight
    • STEM Academy
    • Webinars, Training and Events
    • Learning Groups
  • Technologies
    Technologies
    • 3D Printing
    • FPGA
    • Industrial Automation
    • Internet of Things
    • Power & Energy
    • Sensors
    • Technology Groups
  • Challenges & Projects
    Challenges & Projects
    • Design Challenges
    • element14 presents Projects
    • Project14
    • Arduino Projects
    • Raspberry Pi Projects
    • Project Groups
  • Products
    Products
    • Arduino
    • Avnet Boards Community
    • Dev Tools
    • Manufacturers
    • Multicomp Pro
    • Product Groups
    • Raspberry Pi
    • RoadTests & Reviews
  • Store
    Store
    • Visit Your Store
    • Choose another store...
      • Europe
      •  Austria (German)
      •  Belgium (Dutch, French)
      •  Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
      •  Czech Republic (Czech)
      •  Denmark (Danish)
      •  Estonia (Estonian)
      •  Finland (Finnish)
      •  France (French)
      •  Germany (German)
      •  Hungary (Hungarian)
      •  Ireland
      •  Israel
      •  Italy (Italian)
      •  Latvia (Latvian)
      •  
      •  Lithuania (Lithuanian)
      •  Netherlands (Dutch)
      •  Norway (Norwegian)
      •  Poland (Polish)
      •  Portugal (Portuguese)
      •  Romania (Romanian)
      •  Russia (Russian)
      •  Slovakia (Slovak)
      •  Slovenia (Slovenian)
      •  Spain (Spanish)
      •  Sweden (Swedish)
      •  Switzerland(German, French)
      •  Turkey (Turkish)
      •  United Kingdom
      • Asia Pacific
      •  Australia
      •  China
      •  Hong Kong
      •  India
      •  Korea (Korean)
      •  Malaysia
      •  New Zealand
      •  Philippines
      •  Singapore
      •  Taiwan
      •  Thailand (Thai)
      • Americas
      •  Brazil (Portuguese)
      •  Canada
      •  Mexico (Spanish)
      •  United States
      Can't find the country/region you're looking for? Visit our export site or find a local distributor.
  • Translate
  • Profile
  • Settings
Arduino
  • Products
  • More
Arduino
Arduino Forum Turning on the LED after a while.
  • Blog
  • Forum
  • Documents
  • Quiz
  • Events
  • Polls
  • Files
  • Members
  • Mentions
  • Sub-Groups
  • Tags
  • More
  • Cancel
  • New
Join Arduino to participate - click to join for free!
Actions
  • Share
  • More
  • Cancel
Forum Thread Details
  • State Verified Answer
  • +1 person also asked this people also asked this
  • Replies 18 replies
  • Answers 8 answers
  • Subscribers 393 subscribers
  • Views 3999 views
  • Users 0 members are here
  • led;
  • time
Related

Turning on the LED after a while.

sonys
sonys over 5 years ago

Hello everyone.

 

The task:

Use the button to turn on and off the LED after a while.

 

For example, we pressed a button - the LED turned on and went out after 10 seconds. And so it should turn itself on every 5 minutes for 10 seconds. Then, press the button and the LED stops working and until the next button press, it does not work.

 

What features are better to use? Or who has a similar example?

  • Sign in to reply
  • Cancel

Top Replies

  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 5 years ago +4 suggested
    Hi Sofiia, If you do not need to use an arduino I believe a dedicated circuit using two 555 timers and a flip flop will be able to produce this effect. John
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 5 years ago +3 suggested
    Hi Sofiia, To do this properly is quite an advanced thing. There's a capability inside the Arduino (it is slightly different depending on which Arduino you are using, but at a high level, the concept is…
  • ankur608
    ankur608 over 5 years ago +2 suggested
    For simplicity, you can replace your button with 'push on-off' or add an another 'tact switch' for the same. This will make your code routine much easier. Remember things that can't be reached with just…
Parents
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago

    For simplicity, you can replace your button with 'push on-off' or add an another 'tact switch' for the same. This will make your code routine much easier.

    Remember things that can't be reached with just CODE, can be easily done out with a little tweak in HARDWARE.image

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +2 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Reject Answer
    • Cancel
  • sonys
    0 sonys over 5 years ago in reply to ankur608

    Do you mean that I need to add another button? Then how to write this in code?image

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Through a simple push On-Off button, the Arduino can read the State-change detection, hence the timing sequence can be allocated to desired state.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
Reply
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Through a simple push On-Off button, the Arduino can read the State-change detection, hence the timing sequence can be allocated to desired state.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
Children
  • sonys
    0 sonys over 5 years ago in reply to ankur608

    And if you try like this? Only produces an error: a function-definition is not allowed here before '{' token

     

     

    int G_LedPin = 13;             
    int ButPin = 10;               
    int flag = 0;                
    int regim = 0;                 
    
    void setup()
    {   
      pinMode(G_LedPin, OUTPUT);      
    }  
    
    void loop()
    {
      if(digitalRead(ButPin) == HIGH && flag == 0)      
        {                                              
          regim ++;
          flag = 1;
          
          if(regim > 1) 
            {            
              regim = 0;
            }
        }
      
      if(digitalRead(ButPin) == LOW && flag == 1)
        {
          flag = 0;
        }  
        
    // ======= Perform the task when choosing a mode =======
    // REGIM 0: OFF
      if(regim == 0)
        {
          digitalWrite(G_LedPin, LOW);     
        }
        
    // REGIM 1: G
      if(regim == 1)
        {
          digitalWrite(G_LedPin, HIGH);    
        }
        void loop() {
    digitalWrite(G_LedPin, HIGH); 
    delay(10000); 
    digitalWrite(G_LedPin, LOW); 
    delay(300000);
    }   
    }

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Hi Sofiia,

     

    There are two 'void loop', one needs removing.

    You can delete lines 41-46 (that part looks like a test program to blink an LED).

    Or you can write before line 41:

    #ifdef my_test

    and after line 46:

    #endif

     

    You can wrap any area of code you don't want to run like that.

    (or use // on each line).

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Reject Answer
    • Cancel
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Don't use void loop() func. twice as suggested by Shabaz, and the token error is usually due to wrong closure of {\}. Define the blink sequence under (regim==1) while maintaining the 'flag' logic. Hence, avoiding another loop function.

    While, you can possibly define another functional loop in your program. Last tip, (optionally) you can use millis() func. instead of delay() for speeding & defining processes on single-core Arduino.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Reject Answer
    • Cancel
  • sonys
    0 sonys over 5 years ago in reply to shabaz

    So my task was that when the button was pressed, the LED was turned on for 10 seconds, then turned off and after 5 minutes turned on again for 10 seconds. And so on until the button is pressed again. If I remove lines 41-46, as you advise, then my LED will not flash in the desired mode.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
  • sonys
    0 sonys over 5 years ago in reply to ankur608

    I checked all the brackets. Everything should work, but the error is still the same. I didn’t work with the millis function, so it’s easier for me to convert via "delay"

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Reject Answer
    • Cancel
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Re-iterate the code 41-46(seq.) in buttonpressed state. Hope this helps.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +2 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
  • ankur608
    0 ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to sonys

    Treat 'millis' as suggestion, you can use "delay".

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +2 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
element14 Community

element14 is the first online community specifically for engineers. Connect with your peers and get expert answers to your questions.

  • Members
  • Learn
  • Technologies
  • Challenges & Projects
  • Products
  • Store
  • About Us
  • Feedback & Support
  • FAQs
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal and Copyright Notices
  • Sitemap
  • Cookies

An Avnet Company © 2025 Premier Farnell Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Premier Farnell Ltd, registered in England and Wales (no 00876412), registered office: Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds LS12 2NE.

ICP 备案号 10220084.

Follow element14

  • X
  • Facebook
  • linkedin
  • YouTube