⭐⭐ Advanced beginner
⏱️ 20 minutes
Barrier
You build a barrier, like at a parking garage. Press the button: the servo turns the barrier up, waits a little, and closes again.
🧰 What do you need?
🗺️ Wiring diagram
Follow the wires from the Arduino to each part. You can choose the wire colors yourself.
| From | To |
|---|---|
Arduino UNO · D2 |
Push button · 1 |
Push button · 2 |
Arduino UNO · GND |
Arduino UNO · D9 |
Servo motor SG90 · PWM |
Arduino UNO · 5V |
Servo motor SG90 · VCC |
Arduino UNO · GND |
Servo motor SG90 · GND |
🛠️ This is how you build it
- Put the push button across the gap in your breadboard: one leg to pin 2, and a leg on the other side to GND.
- Connect the servo: orange to pin 9, red to 5V, and brown to GND.
- Stick a straw or popsicle stick onto the arm of the servo: that is your barrier!
💻 The code
// Barrier
// Press the button: the barrier (servo) goes up, waits a little, and closes again.
#include <Servo.h>
const int BUTTON_PIN = 2; // Push button on pin 2 (other side to GND)
const int SERVO_PIN = 9; // Orange/yellow wire of the servo on pin 9
const int CLOSED = 0; // Servo angle when the barrier is closed
const int OPEN = 90; // Servo angle when the barrier is open
Servo barrier;
void setup() {
pinMode(BUTTON_PIN, INPUT_PULLUP);
barrier.attach(SERVO_PIN);
barrier.write(CLOSED); // Start with the barrier closed
}
void loop() {
if (digitalRead(BUTTON_PIN) == LOW) { // Button pressed
// Turn open slowly, degree by degree
for (int angle = CLOSED; angle <= OPEN; angle++) {
barrier.write(angle);
delay(15);
}
delay(3000); // Open for 3 seconds: the car drives through
// Slowly close again
for (int angle = OPEN; angle >= CLOSED; angle--) {
barrier.write(angle);
delay(15);
}
}
}
🧠 What does the code do?
- We use the
Servolibrary. Withwrite()you tell the servo which angle to go to. - After a button press, we turn degree by degree from 0 to 90. Nice and calm.
- After 3 seconds, we turn back to 0: the barrier is closed.
🎯 Try this…
- Make the barrier open and close faster
- Make a buzzer beep while the barrier is moving
- Turn on a red LED when the barrier is closed and a green one when it is open
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