Serial.begin(9600);  // ...set up the serial ouput on 0004 style

      Serial.print(i);       // Serial commands in 0004 style

• The debugging code assumes Arduino 0004, as it uses the new Serial.begin()-style functions

• Code for cross-fading 3 LEDs, red, green and blue, or one tri-color LED, using PWM
• The program cross-fades slowly from red to green, green to blue, and blue to red

// Output

int redVal = 255; // Variables to store the values to send to the pins int greenVal = 1; // Initial values are Red full, Green and Blue off int blueVal = 1;

int i = 0; // Loop counter int wait = 50; // 50ms (.05 second) delay; shorten for faster fades int DEBUG = 0; // DEBUG counter; if set to 1, will write values back via serial

  i += 1;      // Increment counter
  if (i < 255) // First phase of fades

    redVal   -= 1; // Red down
    greenVal += 1; // Green up
    blueVal   = 1; // Blue low

  else if (i < 509) // Second phase of fades

    redVal    = 1; // Red low
    greenVal -= 1; // Green down
    blueVal  += 1; // Blue up
  } 
  else if (i < 763) // Third phase of fades
  {
    redVal  += 1; // Red up
    greenVal = 1; // Green low
    blueVal -= 1; // Blue down

  else // Re-set the counter, and start the fades again
  {
    i = 1;
  }  

  analogWrite(redPin,   redVal);   // Write current values to LED pins

    DEBUG += 1;     // Increment the DEBUG counter
    if (DEBUG > 10) // Print every 10 loops

      Serial.print(i);
      Serial.print("\t");    // Print a tab

  delay(wait); // Pause for 'wait' milliseconds before resuming the loop

@]

// OUTPUT: Use digital pins 9-11, the Pulse-width Modulation (PWM) pins

// INPUT: Potentiometer should be connected to 5V and GND int potPin = 3; // Potentiometer output connected to analog pin 3

// LED's cathodes should be connected to digital GND

// OUTPUT, using digital pins 9-11, the Pulse-width Modulation (PWM) pins

/*
* Code for making one potentiometer control 3 LEDs, red, green and blue, or one tri-color LED
* The program cross-fades from red to green, green to blue, and blue to red
* Clay Shirky <clay.shirky@nyu.edu> 
*/

// INPUT
int potPin = 3; // Potentiometer connected to analog pin 3
int potVal = 0; // Variable to store the input from the potentiometer

// Output
int redPin   = 9;   // Red LED,   connected to digital pin 9
int greenPin = 10;  // Green LED, connected to digital pin 10
int bluePin  = 11;  // Blue LED,  connected to digital pin 11

// Program variables
int redVal   = 0;   // Variables to store the values to send to the pins
int greenVal = 0;
int blueVal  = 0;

int DEBUG = 1;          // Set to 1 to turn on debugging output

void setup()
{
  pinMode(redPin,   OUTPUT);   // sets the pins as output
  pinMode(greenPin, OUTPUT);   
  pinMode(bluePin,  OUTPUT); 
  if (DEBUG) {           // If we want to see the pin values for debugging...
    Serial.begin(9600);  // ...set up the serial ouput
  }
}

// Main program
void loop()
{
  potVal = analogRead(potPin);   // read the potentiometer value at the input pin

  if (potVal < 342)  // Lowest third of the potentiometer's range (0-341)
  {                  
    potVal = (potVal * 3) / 4; // Normalize to 0-255

    redVal   = 255 - potVal;  // Red from full to zero
    greenVal = potVal;        // Green from zero to full
    blueVal  = 0;             // Blue off
  }
  else if (potVal < 683) // Middle third of potentiometer's range (342-682)
  {
    potVal = ( (potVal-341) * 3) / 4; // Normalize to 0-255

    redVal   = 0;            // Red off
    greenVal = 255 - potVal; // Green from full to zero
    blueVal  = potVal;       // Blue from zero to full
  }
  else  // Upper third of potentiometer"s range (683-1023)
  {
    potVal = ( (potVal-682) * 3) / 4; // Normalize to 0-255

    redVal   = potVal;       // Red from zero to full
    greenVal = 0;            // Green off
    blueVal  = 255 - potVal; // Blue from full to zero
  }
  analogWrite(redPin,   redVal);   // Write values to LED pins
  analogWrite(greenPin, greenVal); 
  analogWrite(bluePin,  blueVal);  

  if (DEBUG) { // If we want to read the output
    DEBUG += 1;      // Increment the DEBUG counter
    if (DEBUG > 100) // Print every hundred loops
    {
      DEBUG = 1;     // Reset the counter

      Serial.print("R:");    // Indicate that output is red value
      Serial.print(redVal);  // Print red value
      Serial.print("\t");    // Print a tab
      Serial.print("G:");    // Repeat for green and blue...
      Serial.print(greenVal);
      Serial.print("\t");    
      Serial.print("B:");    
      Serial.println(blueVal); // println, to end with a carriage return
    }
  }
}