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// Laser Security Alarm
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// BY Stigern, www.stigern.net
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int ldr_readings = 0;
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int AlarmPin = 10;
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void setup() 
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{
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 // Setting up Serial communication!
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 // I use this for calibration first, to read what values I
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 // get when it got the laser in center, and what value I
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 // get when it's not in the center. So that I know what
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 // to put in the if statements.
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  Serial.begin(9600);
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}
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void loop() 
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{
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  // Read from the analog 0 and put it into the integer.
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  // So that we can use the if statement to ask if it's
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  // something blocking the light or now.
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  ldr_readings = analogRead(0);
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  // Just so we can see the values from the LDR
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  // Prints the integer to us via serial. Used
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  // for calibration when adjusting 100 and 50.
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  Serial.println(ldr_readings);
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  // Should we activate the alarm?
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  // Yepp, if we get a value higher than 100.
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  if (ldr_readings > 100)
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  {
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     digitalWrite(AlarmPin, HIGH);
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  } 
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  // Or should we deactivate it?
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  // Yes if we get a value lower than 50.
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  if (ldr_readings < 50)
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  {
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     digitalWrite(AlarmPin, LOW);
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  } 
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}