Arduino Infinity Loop

Question

I'm new to this Arduino programming. So I want to ask about my current project. My lecturer told me to make a temperature sensor using an LM35, where a green LED will light up when below some certain temperature that I set. The same goes for yellow and red LEDs for medium, and high temperatures. The tricky part here is that I need to make sure my buzzer (piezo) is on forever if it reaches the high temperature, until I press a button to reset it.

This is my coding so far:

const int greenLed = 3;
const int redLed = 4;
const int yellowLed = 5;
float tempC;
int reading;
int tempPin = 0;
int speakerOut = 11;
const int buttonPin = 2;     
int buttonState = 0;     
long duration = 10000;
int tempo = 0;

void setup() {
// initialize digital pin 13 as an output.
pinMode(3, OUTPUT);
pinMode(4, OUTPUT);
pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
pinMode(2, INPUT);
pinMode(11, OUTPUT);
analogReference(INTERNAL);
Serial.begin(9600);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
buttonState = digitalRead(buttonPin);
reading = analogRead(tempPin);
tempC = reading / 9.31;
Serial.println(tempC);
delay(500);

if (tempC < 30.00) {
//Serial.println("Temp LOW");
digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
delay(10);
}else {
digitalWrite(3,LOW);
delay(10);

}

if (31.00 < tempC < 33){
//Serial.println("Temp MED");
digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
digitalWrite(5,LOW);
delay(50);
digitalWrite(4,LOW);
digitalWrite(5,HIGH);
delay(50);

}else {
digitalWrite(4,LOW);
digitalWrite(5,LOW);

}

if(tempC >= 34){
**WHAT SHOULD I FILL UP HERE TO MAKE SURE MY PIEZO BUZZER ON FOREVER**
}
if(buttonState = 1);{
digitalWrite(11, LOW);
}

}

Any help would be great. Or if you have a better idea on how to do this, I'm gonna love it.

Answer 1

You can use the toneAC library, which allows even better handling of piezo speakers then the standard "tone"-functions.

Features: Nearly twice the volume (because it uses two out of phase pins in push/pull fashion) Higher quality (less clicking) Capability of producing higher frequencies (even if running at a lower clock speed) Nearly 1.5k smaller compiled code Bug fixes (standard tone library can generate some odd and unpredictable results) Can set not only the frequency but also the sound volume Less stress on the speaker so it will last longer and sound better

With the library you can do something like:

int freq = 1000
int vol = 10
int length = 0
boolean background = true

toneAC(freq, vol, length, background);

The tone now will play forever in the background, until you stop it with:

toneAC(0);

Answer 2

1. The answer is simple add

   digitalWrite(speakerOut,HIGH);
   

2. Common mistake made by beginners is to use assign operator instead of compare operator

   if(buttonState=1) 
   

   should actually be

   if(buttonState==1)
   

3. Never pull that pin LOW

   if(buttonState = 1);{
   digitalWrite(11, LOW);
   }
   

   is wrong use the below code

   if(buttonState == 1){
       digitalWrite(11, LOW);
   }
   

Don't forget to connect the button to buttonPin or you will get random HIGH or LOW from that pin since its floating

Hope this helps.