diff --git a/build/shared/dist/examples/Digital/BlinkWithoutDelay/BlinkWithoutDelay.pde b/build/shared/dist/examples/Digital/BlinkWithoutDelay/BlinkWithoutDelay.pde index 528c707f0..f1d698494 100644 --- a/build/shared/dist/examples/Digital/BlinkWithoutDelay/BlinkWithoutDelay.pde +++ b/build/shared/dist/examples/Digital/BlinkWithoutDelay/BlinkWithoutDelay.pde @@ -1,20 +1,38 @@ /* Blink without Delay - * - * Turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to a digital - * pin, without using the delay() function. This means that other code - * can run at the same time without being interrupted by the LED code. - * - * http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/BlinkWithoutDelay + + Turns on and off a light emitting diode(LED) connected to a digital + pin, without using the delay() function. This means that other code + can run at the same time without being interrupted by the LED code. + + The circuit: + * LED attached from pin 13 to ground. + * Note: on most Arduinos, there is already an LED on the board + that's attached to pin 13, so no hardware is needed for this example. + + + created 2005 + by David A. Mellis + modified 17 Jun 2009 + by Tom Igoe + + http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/BlinkWithoutDelay */ -int ledPin = 13; // LED connected to digital pin 13 -int value = LOW; // previous value of the LED +// constants won't change. Used here to +// set pin numbers: +const int ledPin = 13; // the number of the LED pin + +// Variables will change: +int ledState = LOW; // ledState used to set the LED long previousMillis = 0; // will store last time LED was updated + +// the follow variables is a long because the time, measured in miliseconds, +// will quickly become a bigger number than can be stored in an int. long interval = 1000; // interval at which to blink (milliseconds) -void setup() -{ - pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pin as output +void setup() { + // set the digital pin as output: + pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); } void loop() @@ -25,14 +43,16 @@ void loop() // between the current time and last time we blinked the LED bigger than // the interval at which we want to blink the LED. if (millis() - previousMillis > interval) { - previousMillis = millis(); // remember the last time we blinked the LED + // save the last time you blinked the LED + previousMillis = millis(); - // if the LED is off turn it on and vice-versa. - if (value == LOW) - value = HIGH; + // if the LED is off turn it on and vice-versa: + if (ledState == LOW) + ledState = HIGH; else - value = LOW; - - digitalWrite(ledPin, value); + ledState = LOW; + + // set the LED with the ledState of the variable: + digitalWrite(ledPin, ledState); } -} +} \ No newline at end of file