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--- arduino:arduino_crash_course:basic_interaction [2012/11/05 22:13] – mithat
+++ arduino:arduino_crash_course:basic_interaction [2012/11/05 22:16] – [Using internal pullups] mithat
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   // set LED state accordingly
-  // note the inverted logic
+  // becasue we are using pullup resistors, the logic is inverted;
+  // in other words, pressed produces LOW, un-pressed produces HIGH.
   if (buttonState == LOW)        // if the button is pushed
     digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);  // turn the LED on
@@ Line 158: / Line 159: @@
 void loop() {
-  buttonState = !digitalRead(pushButtonPin);  // read the input pin
+  buttonState = digitalRead(pushButtonPin);  // read the input pin
-  digitalWrite(ledPin, buttonState);              // turn the LED on or off
+  // set LED state accordingly
+  // becasue we are using pullup resistors, the logic is inverted;
+  // in other words, pressed produces LOW, un-pressed produces HIGH.
+  digitalWrite(ledPin, !buttonState);        // turn the LED on or off
 }
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