Re: Time delay in while loops

2004-03-11 Thread shoneill
True, there are ways to improve the resolution of this timing, but given the original question (timing for ~10 sec) I think a resolution of 1/40 second should do. Of course, the resolution (or error as you put it) can also be improved by lowering the "wait until ms multiple" input to 5 ms It

Re: Time delay in while loops

2004-03-11 Thread Steven Bird
Tick Count (ms) is probably the best and easiest way to perform this task, however you do need to be aware of the wrap around, whereby the function starts at 0 after the maximum number of counts has elapsed. You can get over this by simply checking for this event and handling it by adding a consta

Time delay in while loops

2004-03-09 Thread Sam Chillingworth
I am using a while loop with a task in it involving the serial port. I only want the task in the loop to run for a certain amount of time (~10s). I have tried putting the 'wait' function in but this doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know what would work best. Thanks