Hi bryanpearson
Welcome to this thread,
no doubt Patrik will soon jump in to answer your question
What do you think about that? And in your opinion what baud rate should we use if possible?
I will experiment and be back by the end of the week
I ran this (really ;)) striped down version of KasBot
int STD_LOOP_TIME = 9;
int lastLoopTime = STD_LOOP_TIME;
int lastLoopUsefulTime = STD_LOOP_TIME;
unsigned long loopStartTime = 0;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(XXXXX);
}
void loop() {
// ********************* print Debug info ********************************
Serial.println("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog");
Serial.println("The lazy dog doesn't care and keep sleeping");
Serial.print("Loop:"); Serial.print(lastLoopUsefulTime);
Serial.print(","); Serial.println(lastLoopTime);
Serial.println();
// *********************** loop timing control **************************
lastLoopUsefulTime = millis()-loopStartTime;
if(lastLoopUsefulTime<STD_LOOP_TIME) delay(STD_LOOP_TIME-lastLoopUsefulTime);
lastLoopTime = millis() - loopStartTime;
loopStartTime = millis();
}
The results (lastLoopUsefulTime) are, as expected, inversely proportional to the Serial data speed
9600 110 ms
19200 54 ms
38400 27 ms
57600 18 ms
115200 9 ms
Interestingly enough, 28800 bps doesn't work on my system
I used a Diecimila board powered by an ATmega168,
So try using 115200 bps, but YMMV.
Is it related with the lag observed by bryanpearson ??
@ GuzZzt
... It looks complicated...
It does :o :o