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05 | Controlling LED Brightness
In this tutorial we'll learn how to use Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to control the brightness of an LED and then modify the code to use a vertical slider to control the brightness.
Prerequisites
Hardware
Parts List
Sparkfun RedBoard
- 1x LED (any color)
Circuit Schematic
Software
Procedure
- Open the LINX - PWM One Channel example from the LabVIEW Example Finder.
- Select the PWM channel connected to the LED.
- Run the VI, and use the numeric control the change the PWM duty cycle.
- Modify the VI use a vertical slider to control the LED brightness.