Arduino Tutorial #5 – build a flashy bike light

Will the blinky ever stop? No! Not while I have tutorials to write.

This tutorial will teach you about switches and buttons, inputs, pull up and pull down resistors, debouncing, if and if-else statements and in the end you will build your own LED bike light, just like the ones you see in stores retailing for $25.

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Click here to read this fun fun fun tutorial!

Filed under: arduino,site updates — by ladyada, posted November 1, 2007 at 11:14 pm

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1 Comment

  1. …my 25$ one, which I just freaking dropped on the floor last night and broke. something in the battery casing, I think. grah! If only I had a boarduino!

    Comment by kilroi — November 2, 2007 @ 10:39 am

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