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authorCristian Maglie <c.maglie@bug.st>2013-01-27 12:52:06 +0100
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+/*
+ Esplora Led calibration
+
+ This sketch shows you how to read and calibrate the light sensor.
+ Because light levels vary from one location to another, you need to calibrate the
+ sensor for each location. To do this, you read the sensor for a few seconds,
+ and save the highest and lowest readings as maximum and minimum.
+ Then, when you're using the sensor's reading (for example, to set the brightness
+ of the LED), you map the sensor's reading to a range between the minimum
+ and the maximum.
+
+ Created on 22 Dec 2012
+ by Tom Igoe
+
+ This example is in the public domain.
+ */
+
+#include <Esplora.h>
+
+// variables:
+int lightMin = 1023; // minimum sensor value
+int lightMax = 0; // maximum sensor value
+boolean calibrated = false; // whether the sensor's been calibrated yet
+
+void setup() {
+ // initialize the serial communication:
+ Serial.begin(9600);
+
+ // print an intial message
+ Serial.println("To calibrate the light sensor, press and hold Switch 1");
+}
+
+void loop() {
+ // if switch 1 is pressed, go to the calibration function again:
+ if (Esplora.readButton(1) == LOW) {
+ calibrate();
+ }
+ // read the sensor into a variable:
+ int light = Esplora.readLightSensor();
+
+ // map the light level to a brightness level for the LED
+ // using the calibration min and max:
+ int brightness = map(light, lightMin, lightMax, 0, 255);
+ // limit the brightness to a range from 0 to 255:
+ brightness = constrain(brightness, 0, 255);
+ // write the brightness to the blue LED.
+ Esplora.writeBlue(brightness);
+
+ // if the calibration's been done, show the sensor and brightness
+ // levels in the serial monitor:
+ if (calibrated == true) {
+ // print the light sensor levels and the LED levels (to see what's going on):
+ Serial.print("light sensor level: ");
+ Serial.print(light);
+ Serial.print(" blue brightness: ");
+ Serial.println(brightness);
+ }
+ // add a delay to keep the LED from flickering:
+ delay(10);
+}
+
+void calibrate() {
+ // tell the user what do to using the serial monitor:
+ Serial.println("While holding switch 1, shine a light on the light sensor, then cover it.");
+
+ // calibrate while switch 1 is pressed:
+ while(Esplora.readButton(1) == LOW) {
+ // read the sensor value:
+ int light = Esplora.readLightSensor();
+
+ // record the maximum sensor value:
+ if (light > lightMax) {
+ lightMax = light;
+ }
+
+ // record the minimum sensor value:
+ if (light < lightMin) {
+ lightMin = light;
+ }
+ // note that you're calibrated, for future reference:
+ calibrated = true;
+ }
+}
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