ARDUINO

GPIO: DIGITAL
IN

Parag Narkhede & Shripad Deshpande

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
GPIO General Purpose Input Output

computer understands only 1-0

language i.e.
Digital Language
So

GPIO can be considered as

Digital Inputs and/or Digital Outputs

each
Digital Pin
can
either TAKE INPUT or GIVE OUTPUT

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 Digital Input

SWITCH interfacing with

ARDUINO for LED control

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Connecting Switch with Arduino

220 Ohm
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task
• Push buttom switch is connected to Digital Pin
2 • Connect LED to Digital Pin 13
Task is to
- turn ON the LED when switch is pushed
- and turn it OFF when switch is released

Structure of an Arduino “sketch”

void setup()
 {
// put your setup code here, to run once;
//************ initial setup ************//

}
void loop()
{
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly;
//****** actual program to execute ******//

Functions to be used

• pinMode() – configure pin as input or output •

digitalWrite() – pass the appropriate value to digital pin

• delay() – pause the program for particular time •

digitalRead() – read the input present at the digital pin

pinMode()
▪ Description
Configures the specified pin to behave either as an input or
an output.
▪ Syntax
pinMode(pin, mode);
▪ Parameters
pin: the number of the pin whose mode you wish to
set
mode: INPUT, OUTPUT, or INPUT_PULLUP
▪ Returns
None

digitalWrite()
▪ Description
Write a HIGH or a LOW value to a digital pin.
▪ Syntax
digitalWrite(pin, value);
▪ Parameters
pin: the pin number
value: HIGH or LOW
▪ Returns
None

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delay()
▪ Description
Pauses the program for the amount of time specified as
 parameter.
▪ Syntax
delay(ms);
▪ Parameters
ms: the number of milliseconds to pause
▪ Returns
nothing

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digitalRead()
▪ Description
Reads the value from a specified digital pin,
either HIGH or LOW.
▪ Syntax
digitalRead(pin);
▪ Parameters
pin: the number of the digital pin you want to read
(int) ▪ Returns
HIGH or LOW

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LED control using Switch

int buttonState = 0;
// declare an integer “buttonState” and initialize
 // it to 0; this is required to store the button
// state (pushed or released)
void setup()
{
pinMode(2, INPUT); //switch is an input device
pinMode(13, OUTPUT); // LED is an output
device }
void loop()
{
buttonState = digitalRead(2); // read the
button status and store in //
variable
if(buttonState == HIGH) // compare
digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
// Turn ON LED if switch pressed
else
digitalWrite(13,LOW);
// Turn OFF LED if switch is not pressed
}
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Sophisticated Arduino Sketch

#define LED 13
#define SWITCH 2

int buttonState = 0;
void setup()
{
pinMode(SWITCH, INPUT);
pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
}
void loop()
{
buttonState =
digitalRead(SWITCH);
if(buttonState == HIGH)
digitalWrite(LED,HIGH);
else
digitalWrite(LED,LOW);
}
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• The official Arduino website www.arduino.cc

• Provides tutorials, references, designs
• Blog: https://blog.arduino.cc/
• Forum: https://forum.arduino.cc/

• All the functions can be found at:

• https://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage

• Famous Arduino Introductory websites:

• Adafruit
• Sparkfun

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