// This example code is in the public domain. Gleb Bulygin // http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Fade int buttonStatus = 0; const int buttonPin = 7; const int ledpin = 8; // the PWM pin the LED is attached to int brightness = 0; // how bright the LED is int fadeAmount = 2; // how many points to fade the LED by // the setup routine runs once when you press reset: void setup() { // declare pin 8 to be an output: pinMode(ledpin, OUTPUT); pinMode(buttonPin, INPUT); } // the loop routine runs over and over again forever: void loop() { buttonStatus = digitalRead(buttonPin); if (buttonStatus == LOW) { // set the brightness of pin 8: analogWrite(ledpin, brightness); // change the brightness for next time through the loop: brightness = brightness + fadeAmount; // reverse the direction of the fading at the ends of the fade: if (brightness <= 0 || brightness >= 255) { fadeAmount = -fadeAmount; } // wait for 30 milliseconds to see the dimming effect delay(30); } else { digitalWrite(ledpin, HIGH); delay (50); //turn LED off digitalWrite(ledpin, LOW); delay (50); } }