/* Basic Digital Read * ------------------ * * turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to digital * pin 13, when pressing a pushbutton attached to pin 7. It illustrates the * concept of Active-Low, which consists in connecting buttons using a * 1K to 10K pull-up resistor. * * Created 1 December 2005 * copyleft 2005 DojoDave * http://arduino.berlios.de * */ int ledPin = 13; // choose the pin for the LED int inPin = 7; // choose the input pin (for a pushbutton) int val = 0; // variable for reading the pin status void setup() { pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // declare LED as output pinMode(inPin, INPUT); // declare pushbutton as input } void loop(){ val = digitalRead(inPin); // read input value if (val == HIGH) { // check if the input is HIGH (button released) digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn LED OFF } else { digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // turn LED ON } }