final project – surprise surprise surprise

what is up. charley and i broke through tonight. phwew!

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light flight guts from ben yee on Vimeo.

and here’s the working code we implemented

/* code modified by Ben and Charley
from James and Christian’s Balloon Tree
*/

int photoSwitch = 2;
int motorPin0 = 3; // pin in hbridge to arduino for motor
int motorPin1 = 4; // pin in hbridge to arduino for motor

int switchPin1 = 7; // pin for switch 1 to arduino
int switchPin2 = 8; // pin for switch 2 to arduino

int state1 = 0; // initial state of switch 1 is open
int state2 = 0; // initial state of switch 2 is open
int motorPinSwap = 0; //variable used to switch direction of motor
int motorPin0value = HIGH; // variable for motor direction
int motorPin1value = LOW; // variable for motor direction

boolean previouslyPressed1 = false; //BOOLEAN STATEMENT USED TO UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS STATE OF SWITCH1
boolean previouslyPressed2 = false; //BOOLEAN STATEMENT USED TO UNDERSTAND THE PREVIOUS STATE OF SWITCH2

void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(motorPin0, OUTPUT);
pinMode(motorPin1, OUTPUT);
//the switch is an input
pinMode(photoSwitch, INPUT);
pinMode(switchPin1, INPUT);
pinMode(switchPin2, INPUT);
}

void loop() {

if (digitalRead(photoSwitch) == HIGH) {
digitalWrite(motorPin0,motorPin0value); //starts motor in one direction using variable motorPin0value
digitalWrite(motorPin1,motorPin1value); //starts motor in one direction using variable motorPin1value

//
state1 = digitalRead(switchPin1); //READING THE STATE SWITCH1
Serial.print(motorPin0value,DEC); //PRINT LINE
Serial.println(motorPin1value,DEC); //PRINT LINE
//********************************* IF STATEMENT FOR SWITCH1 ******************************
if(state1 == 1 && previouslyPressed1 == false) //IF STATEMENT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE MOTORS DIRECTION
{ //IF SWITCH1 IS TURNED ON, AND IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY PRESSED
motorPinSwap = motorPin0value; //THEN SWITCH THE PIN AND REVERSE THE DIRECTION OF THE MOTOR
motorPin0value = motorPin1value; //WHICH IN RETURN MEANS THE SWITCH AS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESSED
motorPin1value = motorPinSwap; //WHICH IS WHY IT IS NOW “TRUE”

previouslyPressed1 = true;
}
else if(state1 == 0) //ELSE IF THE SWITCH IS NOT TURNED ON THAN IT HAS ALSO NOT
previouslyPressed1 = false; //BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESSED

//
state2 = digitalRead(switchPin2); //READING A SECOND STATE USING SWITCH2
Serial.print(motorPin0value,DEC);
Serial.println (motorPin1value,DEC);
//******************************************* IF STATEMENT FOR SWITCH2 **************************************
if(state2 == 1 && previouslyPressed2 == false) //IF STATEMENT IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE MOTORS DIRECTION
{
motorPinSwap = motorPin0value;
motorPin0value = motorPin1value;
motorPin1value = motorPinSwap;

previouslyPressed2 = true;
}
else if(state2 == 0)
previouslyPressed2 = false;

}
else {
digitalWrite(motorPin0, HIGH); // set leg 1 of the H-bridge high
digitalWrite(motorPin1, HIGH); // set leg 2 of the H-bridge
}

}