Week 7 - Journal

It's not the binary game

This week our assignment is to build and program a smart circuit using an Arduino UNO which it has two input components and two action components and programming it using Arduino C code.

My inspiration came from my final project as it uses the some of the same components.

Software

Components

Programming

Code Braking Down

I start by install and including the libraries needed for the Keypad and the LCD Screen, then defined some variables that I'm gone need during writing my code and also assign pins numbers to variables to make it easier to debug later if needed.

Then I start by creating some functions that would make my life easy as It would reduce the line of code by write the function code once and re-use it every time I need it instead of writing it all over again when I need the same part of code.

Functions quick brake down:

getbinary() : It takes a integer parameter then translate it to it binary representation then return it back as a string.

newsround() : It start by assign values to some variables and generate random number between 0 & 255 and assign it to a variable then print the text and some variables value on the LCD Screen.

checknum() : It start by convert numbers string data type variable to integer value and assign it to a variable and then inside if condition it check if the value of a variable is equal to specific value then it assign a specific value to a specific variable else it wound check other if condition that checks it two variables have the same value then it would assign a specific value "1" to specific variable else it wound assign different specific value "2" to specific variable.

setup() : It start by initialize communication between the Arduino and the LCD screen, then set pin mode and set the serial communication speed and set "random seed" then call "newsround()" function to start a new round once the Arduino is powered up.

loop(): Here all the previse functions are used with each other in a infinity loop first it define an interruption function that only when it triggered it call specific function. After that it reads the value from the keypad and assign it to a variable then if that key is pressed in enters an if condition that checks if the counter is lower that a specific number it it update and print of screen with every key press of the keypad and sore that pressed key in an array to be used later then after that there are three if conditions that check if the user enter the correct answer or not or does the use enter the easter egg code. and depending of those if conditions it call the right functions to execute its code

Note:

pitches.h file & tunes.h are ready made code that I used and tinker with to fit my needs in this project.