 }
 
 void loop() {
+  Serial.println("\nENTERING LOOP\n");
+    digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
+  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
+  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
+  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
+
 
   // check start button
   curstatus = CheckStartButton();

  // Serial.print(curtemp);
  // Serial.print(" ");
  // curtemp = curtemp / numActiveThermocouples;
  Serial.println(curtemp);
  
  // if the temp has incremented, update temp


void setup(void) {


  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("\nENTERING SETUP\n");
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  
  // Our supplier changed the 1.8" display slightly after Jan 10, 2012
  // so that the alignment of the TFT had to be shifted by a few pixels
