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Arduino - Connecting Switch

This document describes how to connect a switch to an Arduino board to control an LED. A pull-down resistor is used to ensure the input pin is at a logical low level when the switch is open. The circuit connects an LED to pin 2 and a switch to pin 8 of an Arduino. When the switch is pressed it powers the LED, and when released the pull-down resistor turns the LED off. Code is provided to set the pins as inputs/outputs and turn the LED on or off based on the switch state read from pin 8.

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Arduino - Connecting Switch

This document describes how to connect a switch to an Arduino board to control an LED. A pull-down resistor is used to ensure the input pin is at a logical low level when the switch is open. The circuit connects an LED to pin 2 and a switch to pin 8 of an Arduino. When the switch is pressed it powers the LED, and when released the pull-down resistor turns the LED off. Code is provided to set the pins as inputs/outputs and turn the LED on or off based on the switch state read from pin 8.

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Arduino - Connecting Switch

Pushbuttons or switches connect two open terminals in a circuit. This example turns on the LED on
pin 2 when you press the pushbutton switch connected to pin 8.

Pull-down Resistor
Pull-down resistors are used in electronic logic circuits to ensure that inputs to Arduino settle at
expected logic levels if external devices are disconnected or are at high-impedance. As nothing is
connected to an input pin, it does not mean that it is a logical zero. Pull down resistors are
connected between the ground and the appropriate pin on the device.
An example of a pull-down resistor in a digital circuit is shown in the following figure. A pushbutton
switch is connected between the supply voltage and a microcontroller pin. In such a circuit, when
the switch is closed, the micro-controller input is at a logical high value, but when the switch is
open, the pull-down resistor pulls the input voltage down to the ground (logical zero value),
preventing an undefined state at the input.
The pull-down resistor must have a larger resistance than the impedance of the logic circuit, or else
it might pull the voltage down too much and the input voltage at the pin would remain at a constant
logical low value, regardless of the switch position.

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Components Required
You will need the following components −

1 × Arduino UNO board


1 × 330 ohm resistor
1 × 4.7K ohm resistor (pull down)
1 × LED

Procedure

Follow the circuit diagram and make the connections as shown in the image given below.

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Sketch

Open the Arduino IDE software on your computer. Coding in the Arduino language will control your
circuit. Open a new sketch File by clicking on New.

Arduino Code

// constants won't change. They're used here to


// set pin numbers:
const int buttonPin = 8; // the number of the pushbutton pin
const int ledPin = 2; // the number of the LED pin
// variables will change:
int buttonState = 0; // variable for reading the pushbutton status

void setup() {
// initialize the LED pin as an output:
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
// initialize the pushbutton pin as an input:
pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
// read the state of the pushbutton value:
buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);
// check if the pushbutton is pressed.
// if it is, the buttonState is HIGH:
if (buttonState == HIGH) {
// turn LED on:
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
} else {
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// turn LED off:


digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
}
}

Code to Note

When the switch is open, (pushbutton is not pressed), there is no connection between the two
terminals of the pushbutton, so the pin is connected to the ground (through the pull-down resistor)
and we read a LOW. When the switch is closed (pushbutton is pressed), it makes a connection
between its two terminals, connecting the pin to 5 volts, so that we read a HIGH.

Result

LED is turned ON when the pushbutton is pressed and OFF when it is released.

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