#define ledPin 13 // LED connected to digital pin 13 #define buttonPin 2 // button on pin 4 int value = LOW; // previous value of the LED int buttonState; // variable to store button state int lastButtonState; // variable to store last button state int blinking; // condition for blinking - timer is timing long interval = 100; // blink interval - change to suit long previousMillis = 0; // variable to store last time LED was updated long startTime ; // start time for stop watch long elapsedTime ; // elapsed time for stop watch int fractional; // variable used to store fractional part of time void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pin as output pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT); // not really necessary, pins default to INPUT anyway digitalWrite(buttonPin, HIGH); // turn on pullup resistors. Wire button so that press shorts pin to ground. } void loop() { // check for button press buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin); // read the button state and store if (buttonState == LOW && lastButtonState == HIGH && blinking == false){ // check for a high to low transition // if true then found a new button press while clock is not running - start the clock startTime = millis(); // store the start time blinking = true; // turn on blinking while timing delay(5); // short delay to debounce switch lastButtonState = buttonState; // store buttonState in lastButtonState, to compare next time } else if (buttonState == LOW && lastButtonState == HIGH && blinking == true){ // check for a high to low transition // if true then found a new button press while clock is running - stop the clock and report elapsedTime = millis() - startTime; // store elapsed time blinking = false; // turn off blinking, all done timing lastButtonState = buttonState; // store buttonState in lastButtonState, to compare next time // routine to report elapsed time Serial.print( (int)(elapsedTime / 1000L)); // divide by 1000 to convert to seconds - then cast to an int to print Serial.print("."); // print decimal point // use modulo operator to get fractional part of time fractional = (int)(elapsedTime % 1000L); // pad in leading zeros - wouldn't it be nice if // Arduino language had a flag for this? :) if (fractional == 0) Serial.print("000"); // add three zero's else if (fractional < 10) // if fractional < 10 the 0 is ignored giving a wrong time, so add the zeros Serial.print("00"); // add two zeros else if (fractional < 100) Serial.print("0"); // add one zero Serial.println(fractional); // print fractional part of time } else{ lastButtonState = buttonState; // store buttonState in lastButtonState, to compare next time } // blink routine - blink the LED while timing // check to see if it's time to blink the LED; that is, the difference // between the current time and last time we blinked the LED is larger than // the interval at which we want to blink the LED. if ( (millis() - previousMillis > interval) ) { if (blinking == true){ previousMillis = millis(); // remember the last time we blinked the LED // if the LED is off turn it on and vice-versa. if (value == LOW) value = HIGH; else value = LOW; digitalWrite(ledPin, value); } else{ digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // turn off LED when not blinking } } }