 
 // -------------- Startup State ---------------
 void enterStartupState() {
+  digitalWrite(POWERED_LED, HIGH);
   note("starting up");
   startTimer(timerStartupState);
 }

// Pins configs for the buttons and switches
const byte ARMING_SWITCH = 8;
const byte TRIGGER_BUTTON = 3;
const byte ARMED_LED = 4;
const byte FIRING_LED = 5;

// current brightness of the firing LED (to enable pulsing); see the helpers for a little more detail

}
void leaveArmedState() {
  endPulsingFiringLED();
}

// -------------- Firing State ---------------
