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Test Safety light using arduino #6

Closed mikebowyer closed 8 years ago

mikebowyer commented 8 years ago

Investigate if solid/flashing function of light works using just arduino.

If so then create a small tutorial on how to control the light with arduino,

Competition rules state: "Safety Light: The vehicle must have an easily viewed solid indicator light which is turned on whenever the vehicle power is turned on. The light must go from solid to flashing whenever the vehicle is in autonomous mode. As soon as the vehicle comes out of autonomous mode the light must go back to solid."

CrisAdam commented 8 years ago

Which arduino are we using for this? (3.3v or 5v? test both?)

mikebowyer commented 8 years ago

Well after @CrisAdam tested it, the light stayed on a solid color when 5V was applied to the white wire of the light. about 3.9V was the lower threshold of the light. It is also possible to change the mode of the yellow and blue lights in the light. Each mode changes when the 2 lights are flashed, the first only flashes yellow, the second only flashes blue, the third alternates yellow and blue, the fourth flashes them together (white).