Push Button Blinking Light

This instructable explains how to make an LED light blink on and off for ten seconds by pressing the on button.  As well, the light can be turned off by pressing a separate off button.

This example is similar to the "Button Pressing Pushbuttons CIRC-07" example provided in the Arduino Experimentation Kit - ARDX. 

Step 1: Required Parts

Breadboard Sheet
Arduino Duemilanove
2 Push Buttons
2 10K OHM Resistors - Brown - Black - Orange
1 560 OHM Resistor Green - Blue - Brown
1 Red LED
7 wires

Comments

[mguima]

No offense, but I don´t understand the reason to use a device so advanced as a Arduino just to blink a led for ten seconds. The same could be done with a couple of 555´s, saving power and using a very smaller circuit board than this Arduino option.

[swpk]

No offense, but it seems that project circuits like these, are completely useless. Seeing as most people DON'T happen to have an Arduino laying around to make something like this, a real circuit diagram would be great. I cannot tell you how many times that I've seen an interesting project title, clicked the link, and found out its just another Arduino or similar based project.

[jesicadawn]

I'm sorry you find this pointless.  Perhaps it's because you didn't fully read the instructable.  I have a link to video instruction, a breadboard diagram, and a programming tutorial. 

I think your frustration is because it's not clear that most of these arduino tutorials are smaller bits of code used in much larger projects.  For me in particular I needed to figure this bit of code out and place it inside a much larger and way cooler project.  I'll be sure to post the larger non-useless project once it's completed. 

One last thing - anyone looking for arduino instructables will already have an arduino.  You're basically says you're mad because you searched for instructions on how to play World of Warcraft without purchasing the video game itself.