/* Using Arduino for Citizen Science! Project 1: Simple Digital Sensors Connect one lead of simple digital sensor (e.g. pushbutton or tilt switch) to the sensorPin and the other lead to GND. Written by jenfoxbot Code is MIT license (non-commercial open-source) */ //Set up our (global) variables to store the sensor pin // and the sensor reading int sensorPin = 13; int sensorReading; void setup() { // put your setup code here, to run once: //Initialize the serial monitor (aka "window" into Arduino board) Serial.begin(9600); //Tell the Arduino what pin(s) to use pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT); } void loop() { // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: //1) Read the status of the sensor (1 = signal, 0 = no signal) sensorReading = digitalRead(sensorPin); //2) Print the sensor value Serial.println(sensorReading); //3) Add a small delay so we can keep up w/ those readings delay(100); }