My simple question is... How do I say to my Arduino UNO "do this while you do this". Im relativly new here an thanks for every answer. Thx

@TheMemberFormerlyKnownAsAWOL It does seem like a simple question if you don't know the answer, but you're right. There are two distinct camps on this issue.

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Hi coolname, it's easy. You have to connect your UNO to your computer with a USB cable, on which computer you have installed the program called IDE. This program allows you to 1) communicate with your UNO through the USB port (send and receive instructions or data), and 2) to write yourself (on th…

[image] iknownocoolname: How do I say to my Arduino UNO "do this while you do this" I have a "stock" answer for this: The misunderstanding regarding loop() is essentially that it is not beholden to any one process or decision. It implements a series of tasks such that in effect all are perf…

You are a single thread. Can you name more than 100 separate tasks you have done today? I think i did 100 separate tasks just in making lunch. Tomarrow i will wake up and start all over agaim

The journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step. So 'do this' as you said. Get that to work. Then 'do this other thing' There are lots of examples in the IDE for both of those things

My Multi-tasking in Arduino tutorial goes in these as well [multitaskingDiagramSmall]

Ok thaks for every answer, maybe I misdescribed my problem... My actually problem looks like this: I have an Sphero RVR and i want him to drive and measure the distance between him and an object. But i don't know how to write in the code: messure the distance while you are driving. So that the Spher…

Hello Well, I think that these tasks can be processed via a FSM.

[image] iknownocoolname: I know everything else in this code but not how to write: "do this while you do that". So, now you do know - the generic answer to your generic question has been explained in several different ways in the posts above. The next thing to do is show us your code and des…

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