<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Yet another way of blinking an LED on the Arduino</title><link>/challenges-projects/design-challenges/enchanted-objects/b/blog/posts/yet-another-way-of-blinking-an-led-on-the-arduino</link><description>When I was making the Topsy Turvy Clock I created a non blocking delay class so that the Arduino could be doing other things whilst waiting for a timeout. This avoids the use of the delay function which otherwise &amp;quot;blocks&amp;quot; the operation until the time</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Yet another way of blinking an LED on the Arduino</title><link>https://community.element14.com/challenges-projects/design-challenges/enchanted-objects/b/blog/posts/yet-another-way-of-blinking-an-led-on-the-arduino</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:29:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e1afae38-433a-48df-94f5-c68dd66ade3c</guid><dc:creator>mcb1</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Why didn&amp;#39;t you just do it in the code, rather than add the extra library.?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The example &amp;quot;BlinkwithoutDelay&amp;quot; (yes stupid name) uses the same millis Timer as you&amp;#39;ve used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve always advacated for avoiding using Delay whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=21121&amp;AppID=117&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>