Blinking LED With an Potentiometer
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Blinking LED With an Potentiometer

An LED with an potentiometer. Taught by Mr. Sweet in mechatronics class, used Ardunio IDE example code, and used sparkfun guidebook.
Supplies

- 1 LED
- 1 ardunio
- 1 potentiometer
- 6 wires
- 1 breadboard
Setting Up


- connect ground to negative
- connect 5v to positive
- add an potentiometer on the breadboard
- connect the right led of the potentiometer to the negative
- connect the middle led of the potentiometer to A0
- connect the left led of the potentiometer to positive
- add the LED and connect the positive led of the LED to #12 on the ardunio
- add a resistor to the negative led connecting the LED to the negative
Coding

- open ardunio IDE and code the script seen in the image
Testing

- upload the code
- connect the ardunio to the breadboard
- test if it works