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Why does my Arduino switch Debounce routine bounce?

colporteur
colporteur over 2 years ago

Why does the LED flash twice with one push and release of the button?

#include <Servo.h>

Servo Stop_servo;  // create servo object to control a servo

// Buttons with Pull-Ups are "backwards"
// Some DEFINEs to make reading code easier
#define PUSHED false
#define NOT_PUSHED true
#define WATCH_BUTTON true
#define IGNORE_BUTTON false

// Time to wait for bounce, in MICROsconds
const int buttonWaitInterval = 6000;
// Pins for LED and Button
const int LEDpin = 5;
const int BUTTONpin = 2;
float Minpos = 0;    // variable to store the servo position
float Maxpos = 255;  //greatest travel of servo

// Used to track how long between "bounces"
unsigned long previousMicros = 0;

// Used to track state of button (high or low)
boolean previousButtonState = NOT_PUSHED;

// Variable reporting de-bounced state.
boolean debouncedButtonState = NOT_PUSHED;

// Tracks if we are waiting for a "bounce" event
boolean bounceState = false;

// Nothing surprising here
void setup() {
  pinMode(LEDpin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(BUTTONpin, INPUT_PULLUP);
  digitalWrite(LEDpin, LOW);
  Stop_servo.attach(3);  // attaches the servo on pin 3 to the servo object
  Stop_servo.write(0);

  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println(F("Serial Initialized"));
}

void loop() {

  // This needs to be called periodically to
  // update the timers and button status
  updateButton();
  // This replaces: digitalRead(BUTTONpin);
  //digitalWrite(LEDpin, debouncedButtonState);
  if (debouncedButtonState == LOW) {
    digitalWrite(LEDpin, HIGH);
    delay(500);
    digitalWrite(LEDpin, LOW);
    delay(500);
    Stop_servo.write(255);
    delay(5000);
    Stop_servo.write(0);
    Serial.println(F("servo cycled"));
  }
}

// All of the magic happens here
void updateButton() {
  // We are waiting for any activity on the button
  if (bounceState == WATCH_BUTTON) {
    // Get and store current button state
    boolean currentButtonState = digitalRead(BUTTONpin);
    // Check to see if a transition has occured (and only one)
    if (previousButtonState != currentButtonState) {
      // A transition was detected, ignore the others for a while
      bounceState = IGNORE_BUTTON;
      // Store current time (start the clock)
      previousMicros = micros();
    }
    // Keep storing existing button state, if we're watching
    previousButtonState = currentButtonState;
  }
  // We are waiting for the buttonWaitInterval to elapse
  if (bounceState == IGNORE_BUTTON) {
    // Compare current value of micros to previously stored, enough time yet?
    unsigned long currentMicros = micros();
    if ((unsigned long)(currentMicros - previousMicros) >= buttonWaitInterval) {
      // Store the state of the button/pin to debouncedButtonState, which "reports"
      // the correct value. This allows for the code to handle active high or low inputs
      debouncedButtonState = digitalRead(BUTTONpin);
      // Go back to watching the button again.
      bounceState = WATCH_BUTTON;
    }
  }
}

I'm trying to use Baldengineer debounce code to read a button and take an action. Each press of the button causes the LED to flash twice. The serial output reflects the routine running twice. 

I have failed in my code changes to get the result I hope. I have looked at Internet and have found no hints to help.

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe +4
    Technical forums are great, so many great tidbits of knowledge shared in this thread! One more demonstration showing why a schmitt trigger is an important part of the solution. I wrote a simple PIO…
  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago +3
    Debouncing may be good practice, but it would seem you don't need it here. If you start your LED and servo cycle as soon as a button push is first detected, all button bouncing will be long over before…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 2 years ago +3
    Hi Sean, I've not looked in detail, but it seems that you wish to move a servo just once, if a button is pressed. Your delay() functions are actually already performing a button-pushed-down debounce…
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  • dougw
    dougw over 2 years ago

    Debouncing may be good practice, but it would seem you don't need it here. If you start your LED and servo cycle as soon as a button push is first detected, all button bouncing will be long over before the LED and servo delays are completed. The MCU is not reading the switch during all this cycling time, so no extra activity will be triggered.

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    dougw over 2 years ago

    Debouncing may be good practice, but it would seem you don't need it here. If you start your LED and servo cycle as soon as a button push is first detected, all button bouncing will be long over before the LED and servo delays are completed. The MCU is not reading the switch during all this cycling time, so no extra activity will be triggered.

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