Demo of LED lighting effects using PWM and wait for time delays. Pins are setup for LPC1768 platform’s LEDs. For complete information, see http://developer.mbed.org/users/4180_1/notebook/led-lighting-effects-for-modelers/

Dependencies:   mbed

main.cpp

Committer:
4180_1
Date:
2014-11-28
Revision:
0:4f30d6d9f970

File content as of revision 0:4f30d6d9f970:

#include "mbed.h"
//LED Warning Beacon Lighting Effect
PwmOut myled(LED2);
//Use a PWM output to enable dimming
//1.0 is full on, 0.0 off, 0.5 50% on
int main()
{
    while(1) {
        //LED warm up effect using PWM
        for(int i=0; i<50; i++) {
            myled = i/50.0;
            wait(0.02);
        }
        //LED at full brightness level
        myled = 1.0;
        wait(0.25);
        //LED cool down effect using PWM
        for(int i=49; i>0; i--) {
            myled = i/50.0;
            wait(0.02);
        }
        //LED off
        myled = 0.0;
        wait(1.5);
    }
}