Introduction to Microcontrollers

In this experiment I installed some software into the picaxe microcontroller which would control the frequency and brightness of an LED. This software would make the LED flash on and off continuously. It  was constructed using a simple circuit with wires, resistors, an LED, breadboard, and a serial port.

In this step the software was programmed so that the LED would blink at a faster pace.

The next step I used the same circuit; however, I reconfigured the program so that the LED would wait a little longer when lit than turn off.

In this step I used the same set up but reprogrammed the software to count/blink to 15 then shut off.

A push button and two resistors were added to the circuit. After reprogramming the software, once the button is pushed the LED shuts off.

Finally, I added an LDR, an LED  and two additional resistor to the previous circuit. With this new circuit and after reprogramming the software, one of the LEDs would stay on until light is completely blocked from the LED.