/* LED Off Until Button Pressed Blinks a light emitting diode(LED) connected to digital pin 7, when pressing a pushbutton attached to pin 3. The circuit: * LED attached from pin 7 to ground * pushbutton attached to pin 3 from +5V * 10K resistor attached to pin 3 to +5V * 10K resistor pulls pin 3 and the button to HIGH by default created 2005 by DojoDave modified 30 Aug 2011 by Tom Igoe modified for Hello Button + LED Board - 19 Mar 2012 by Anna Kaziunas France */ // constants won't change. // They're used here to set pin numbers: const int buttonPin = 6; // the number of the pushbutton pin const int ledPin = 7; // the number of the LED pin // initialize variables: 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 pin the pushbutton is connected to: buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin); // is the push button pressed? // if not pressed - the button state is HIGH // the pull up resistor the button / pin 3 makes the button state HIGH by default. if (buttonState == HIGH) { // turn LED off (LED is off by default) digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); } //otherwise..... // button is pressed else { // turn LED on: digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); } }