Make a timer using Arduino board

This project is about making a timer with an Arduino board!

That’s a quick explanation:

There are 4 buttons. With those buttons, you can Increase, Decrease and Reset and Start and Stop the Timer.

When the timer ends, a buzzer will make a beep and 2 LEDs will blink. Then you have to press the Stop button and it will stop making noise.

Let’s see what you will need for this project.

  • 4 buttons
  • 2 LEDs
  • 1 LCD
  • on-off switch button
  • 1 9V battery
  • some resistors
  • 1 potentiometer
  • 1 buzzer
  • 3D models

Schematics





Code

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

const int rs = 1, en = 11, d4 = 10, d5 = 9, d6 = 8, d7 = 7;
LiquidCrystal lcd(rs, en, d4, d5, d6, d7);

const int  buttonPinIncrease = 2;
const int  buttonPinDecrease = 3;
const int  buttonPinStartStop = 4;
const int  buttonPinReset = 5;

const int ledPin = 13;

int buttonStateStartStop = 0;         // current state of the button
int lastButtonStateStartStop = 0;     // previous state of the button

int buttonStateDecrease = 0;         // current state of the button
int lastButtonStateDecrease = 0;     // previous state of the button

int buttonStateIncrease = 0;         // current state of the button
int lastButtonStateIncrease = 0;     // previous state of the button

const int buzzerPin = 6;

bool endTimer = false;               //used when the timer is finished
bool start=false;                    //used to start and stop the timer

long tMax= 300000;                   //max time in milliseconds (5 minutes) -> if you want to change it do the operation 1000 * 60 * nMinutes 
                                        //(1000 is 1 second in milliseconds, 60 are the seconds in a minute, nMinutes are the minutes you want as max time)
long temp=0;                         //used for the 1 second delay in the timer
long tempR=0;                        //time left until 0
long tempReset=0;                    //used to reset time to the initial value

void setup()
{
  lcd.begin(16, 2);
  pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
  pinMode(buzzerPin,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(buttonPinDecrease, INPUT);
  pinMode(buttonPinIncrease, INPUT);
  pinMode(buttonPinStartStop, INPUT);
  pinMode(buttonPinReset, INPUT);
  temp=millis();                      //search millis() on Arduino Reference if you don't know how it works
}

void loop()
{
  buttonStateStartStop = digitalRead(buttonPinStartStop);       //*button bounce*
  if (buttonStateStartStop != lastButtonStateStartStop)
  {
    if (buttonStateStartStop == HIGH)
    {
      start= !start;
    }
    delay(50);
  }
  lastButtonStateStartStop = buttonStateStartStop;
  
  if(!start)
  {
      buttonStateIncrease = digitalRead(buttonPinIncrease);     //*button bounce*
      if (buttonStateIncrease != lastButtonStateIncrease)
      {
        if (buttonStateIncrease == HIGH)
        {
          if(!(tempR>(tMax-20000)))                             //increase the timer, not more then tMax
          {
            tempR= tempR + 20000;
            tempReset= tempR;
            stampa(tempR);
          }
          else
          {
            stampa(tempR);
          }
        }
        delay(50);
      }
      lastButtonStateIncrease = buttonStateIncrease;
    
      buttonStateDecrease = digitalRead(buttonPinDecrease);     //*button bounce*
      if (buttonStateDecrease != lastButtonStateDecrease)
      {
        if (buttonStateDecrease == HIGH)
        {
          if(!(tempR<20000))                                    //decrease timer, not less than 00:00
          {
            tempR= tempR - 20000;
            tempReset= tempR;
            stampa(tempR);
          }
          else
          {
            stampa(tempR);
          }
        }
        delay(50);
      }
      lastButtonStateDecrease = buttonStateDecrease;
  }
  
  if(digitalRead(buttonPinReset))
  {
    tempR = tempReset;                                    //reset timer
  }
  
  if(millis()-temp>1000 && tempR>0 && start)              //timer function
  {
    /*if(digitalRead(buttonPinReset))
    {
      tempR = tempReset;
    }*/
    tempR= tempR-1000;
    stampa(tempR);
    temp=millis();
  }
  else if(!(tempR>0) && start)
  {    
    while(!endTimer)
    {
      tone(buzzerPin, 10000, 300);
      digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
      delay(100);
      digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
      delay(100);
      buttonStateStartStop = digitalRead(buttonPinStartStop);             //*button bounce*
      if (buttonStateStartStop != lastButtonStateStartStop)                   //stop the buzzer
      {
        if (buttonStateStartStop == HIGH)
        {
          endTimer = true;
          start= false;
        }
        delay(50);
      }
      lastButtonStateStartStop = buttonStateStartStop;
     }
     endTimer = false;   
   }
}

void stampa(long timerTime)
{
  int seconds= timerTime/1000;
  int minutes= seconds/60;
  seconds= seconds - minutes*60;
  lcd.clear();
  lcd.setCursor(1,1);
  lcd.print(minutes);
  lcd.setCursor(3,1);
  lcd.print(":");
  lcd.setCursor(4,1);
  lcd.print(seconds);
}

Reference

  1. https://www.gatetronics.com
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