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LED Die with Arduino

by braulio777 on April 25, 2013

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LED Die with Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: LED Die with Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: Bill of Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 2: Install the LEDs and Resistors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 3: Diagram of Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 4: Continue with the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 5: Connect the Mini Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 6: Connect your Arduino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Step 7: Program of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Intro: LED Die with Arduino
This project is a die that you will do with 7 LEDs, 8 resistors and a small switch. Once you construct the die, you will connect it to an Arduino hardware to download the
program and you can utilize the die by manipulating a small switch.

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Step 1: Bill of Materials
1 Breadboard
7 LEDs
7 resistors of 200?
1 resistor of 1K?
1 Mini switch

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Step 2: Install the LEDs and Resistors
Install the LEDs and resistors of 200? on the protoboard by observing the polarities of the LEDs. Remember that short terminal in a LED is the negative terminal that you
will have to connect to the resistors of 200? by leaving free the other terminals to connect to your Arduino: Li to D7, L2 to D8, L3 to D9, L4 to D10, L5 to D11, L6 to D12
and L7 to D13. And the other terminals of the resistors connect to GND (blue line).

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Step 3: Diagram of Project

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Step 4: Continue with the Project
Connect the rest of the components on the protoboard. That is, the preparation of the connections will use to connect to your Arduino later.

Step 5: Connect the Mini Switch

Connect the mini switch and do the necessary connections on your protoboard to wait only by your Arduino.

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Step 6: Connect your Arduino
In this step,you will oonnect the arduino hardware to the protoboard and will install the program for this project that you will see in the following step the detailed program
for managing the project.

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Step 7: Program of the Project
With the following program, you will have concluded your project once you download it by utilizing Arduino environment and click on load; you will have running the
program to utilize your project.

Program for the LED Die Circuit

//Arduino Code

/*LED DIE*/
//Select your led pins
int ledPins[7] = {7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13};
int dicePatterns[7][7] = {
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}, // 1
{0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0}, // 2
{0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1}, // 3
{1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0}, // 4
{1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1}, // 5
{1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0}, // 6
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} // BLANK
};
int switchPin = 5;
int blank = 6;
void setup()
{
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
{
pinMode(ledPins[i], OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(ledPins[i], LOW);
}
randomSeed(analogRead(0));
}
void loop()
{
if (digitalRead(switchPin))
{
rollTheDice();
}
delay(100);
}
void rollTheDice()
{
int result = 0;
int lengthOfRoll = random(15, 25);
for (int i = 0; i < lengthOfRoll; i++)
{
result = random(0, 6); // result will be 0 to 5 not 1 to 6
show(result);
delay(50 + i * 10);
}
for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
{
show(blank);
delay(500);
show(result);
delay(500);
}
}
void show(int result)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++)
{
digitalWrite(ledPins[i], dicePatterns[result][i]);
}
}

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Comments
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nox1468 says: Apr 30, 2013. 6:42 AM REPLY

nice work, but i was wondering, could i make the arduino's outputs each lead to six LEDs so i could make a six-sided die that shows the resulting number on
all six sides?

braulio777 says: Apr 30, 2013. 8:54 AM REPLY

Congratulation nox1468, I will be submitting more arduino projects later.

braulio777 says: Apr 27, 2013. 11:29 PM REPLY

This project is to all people who want to begin to work with Arduino's programs and they want to do their second project. Enjoy it!!

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