Arduino Street Robot

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Even though the traffic lights are extremely basic, it’s a

great way to introduce yourself or others to the basics of
electronics and coding.
This tutorial will provide you with a basic understanding of
connecting circuitry to the Arduino and show some basics
of coding.
The video further down this page will go through all the
steps to completing this cool traffic light project.
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Equipment
The equipment I have used in this Arduino traffic light
project is listed right below.
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 Arduino Uno ( Amazon | SunFounder )
 Red LED ( Amazon | SunFounder ), Yellow
LED ( Amazon | SunFounder ), and Green
LED ( Amazon | SunFounder )
 3 x 100 Ohm resistor ( Amazon | SunFounder ) (Color =
Brown Black Brown)
 Breadboard wire ( Amazon | SunFounder )
 Breadboard ( Amazon | SunFounder )
Video
Below is a short video that goes through all the steps to
assembling and running the traffic lights using the Arduino.
A much more detailed written version of the tutorial is right
underneath the video.
Arduino Traffic Light Project
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Arduino Traffic Light Circuit
The circuit that we need to set up is really simple and
shouldn’t take you too long to do. It’s a fairly simple setup
with each pin controlling an LED.
 Pin 2 goes to the positive leg of the green LED.
 Pin 3 Goes to the positive leg of the yellow LED.
 Pin 4 goes to the positive leg of the red LED.
 Add a 100-ohm resistor to each of the negative LED
legs and have it go to GND.
Below is a diagram of what you will need to do to get this
circuit working correctly. If you’re looking a great program
to prototype and draw up diagrams, then be sure to check
out Fritzing.
Arduino Traffic Light Code

It’s now time to write some code to bring our lights to life.
If you have programming experience, then you will find this
code really basic. If you’re new to programming, then this
is a great way to start learning all the basics.
First, we will need to declare our variables, these are used
to store data we can reference throughout out our code.
For example, the “GREEN” variable represents the pin that
the green LED is connected to.
While the “DELAY_GREEN” variable is the amount of time in
milliseconds, we will delay the program from moving
forward.
// variables
int GREEN = 2;
int YELLOW = 3;
int RED = 4;
int DELAY_GREEN = 5000;
int DELAY_YELLOW = 2000;
int DELAY_RED = 5000;
Now we need to setup the pins so they act as an output

and not as an input. The “pinMode” function accepts two
parameters the pin number and the mode. (output or
input)
// basic functions
void setup()
pinMode(GREEN, OUTPUT);
pinMode(YELLOW, OUTPUT);
pinMode(RED, OUTPUT);
The loop function creates a loop that the program will run
through, so every time we call a function, it will turn a light
on and then we can set a delay, so it doesn’t change until
that time is up.
void loop()
{
green_light();
delay(DELAY_GREEN);
yellow_light();
delay(DELAY_YELLOW);
red_light();
delay(DELAY_RED);
Now for each LED, we will need to create a function. As you

can see the “green_light()” function will turn the green
LED on while turning the yellow and red LEDs off.
void green_light()
{
digitalWrite(GREEN, HIGH);
digitalWrite(YELLOW, LOW);
digitalWrite(RED, LOW);
void yellow_light()
digitalWrite(GREEN, LOW);
digitalWrite(YELLOW, HIGH);
digitalWrite(RED, LOW);
void red_light()
digitalWrite(GREEN, LOW);
digitalWrite(YELLOW, LOW);
digitalWrite(RED, HIGH);
Once you are done writing the code, you will need to
upload it to the Arduino using the USB cable that should
have come with your kit. The lights should start to blink in
the pattern that we have defined using the function calls
and the delays.
You should always test your code before uploading it to the
Arduino, you can do this by clicking the verify button (Tick).
This will let you know if there are any errors in your code
and allows you to make changes so that it is correct.
I hope you have enjoyed this Arduino traffic light project if
you have any questions, comments, then please don’t
hesitate to leave a comment below.

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1 second of 5 minutes, 9 seconds

Even though the traffic lights are extremely basic, it’s a

Arduino Humidity Sensor using the DHT22

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Arduino Traffic Light Code

int DELAY_GREEN = 5000;

int DELAY_YELLOW = 2000;

int DELAY_RED = 5000;

Now we need to setup the pins so they act as an output

Now for each LED, we will need to create a function. As you

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