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How can I create Time interrupt that triggers after 2 minutes on uno

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e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

How can I create Time interrupt that triggers after 2 minutes on uno

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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    0 Robert Peter Oakes over 12 years ago

    I have not yet done the maths but possibly a 16bit timer with the pre-scaler set to max and the count to max, use an interrupt when it rolls over

     

    you can also use a loop checking the time elapsed and then generate an interrupt or call a routine that does some event based on the elapsed time

     

    What is the purpose of the timer, knowing this we will be able to give as better answer

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  • michaelwylie
    0 michaelwylie over 12 years ago

    I'm not familiar with the arduino, but microcontrollers have timers built in. So, I recommend reading about the timers in the arduino.

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  • mcb1
    0 mcb1 over 12 years ago

    You can use the Millis() timer to check, and do whatever you want after the time reached.

    You need to declare it as more than an int ( long will work)

     

    I use a 30 second one in one of my sketches

     

    int ButtonTimeout = 30000;          
    // Timeout if no button is pressed. Note wipe interval is lower than this.   [30 seconds] 
     
    
    
    unsigned long ButtonPressTime = 0;  
    // Time the last button was pressed.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    if (((millis()-ButtonPressTime) > ButtonTimeout) && (IntWipe == 1))    
    // 30 Sec timeout for no button press, but only after stopped, or 1 start.
    
    
    
    {
     IntWipe = 0;
     LastWipeTime = 0;
     WipeInterval = 0;   
    }

     

     

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  • ravi_butani
    0 ravi_butani over 12 years ago

    @ARif you may use timer interrupt of atmega but it will change delay or some of pwm functionality...so be careful by doing this... as mills() and micros() concern will not work exactly like interrupt it is accurate but its polling....so if your code complexity is less then go ahead with mill() or micros()...

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