Can someone explain timer interrupts to someone new?
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So I realize that I need to utilize timer interrupts in order to make a timer on my Arduino. I have four leds that I want to light up in 5 second increments. I was kind of hoping for help on getting something like that to work?
Hey guys,
i want my Arduino to execute a function every xxx ms, but want to avoid delay functions. Those don't take into account the time the function actually needs to be executed completely, so i'm thinking timer interrupts are the best way to do it.
Is there an easy way to make them work in Arduino? I'd ideally skip searching the documentation and calculate the register values, so maybe there is a library for this already existing?
Thanks!
The definitive way to do this is the Timer library from the Arduino playground:
http://arduino.cc/playground/Code/Timer
But other people have solved this too. If you Google "Arduino interrupt timer library" you'll find plenty of examples.
Good luck!
Hey everybody, i have found a good introduction if there is no Arduino library yet:
http://www.engblaze.com/microcontroller-tutorial-avr-and-arduino-timer-interrupts/