I have a sketch that count the number of times a reed switch closes. After sometime it began to count backward when it reaches 32767. Is there a way to make it count higher?
Thank you.
Please post your code.
It sounds like you are using a signed integer 16 bit number and it's rolling over.
You can increase it by selecting a different data type for the variable. A uin32_t variable will allow you to count to 4,294,967,295.
see the section Data Types in the Arduino Reference - Arduino Reference
Data Types
byte
char
double
float
int
long
short
unsigned char
unsigned int
unsigned long
word
pick the type that suits your needs
Thank you, I changed my variable from "int" to "unsigned long" and I will wait to see if it goes higher. But that was probably the problem. When I saw 32767 it should have ring a bell in my head.
I don’t trust the ringing in my head as it is just Tinnitus.
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the doc does not tell the whole story, you can get even larger with unsigned long long (but print does not know how to print them)
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200); Serial.println();
Serial.print("Number of bytes for unsigned int : "); Serial.println(sizeof(unsigned int));
Serial.print("Number of bytes for unsigned long : "); Serial.println(sizeof(unsigned long ));
Serial.print("Number of bytes for unsigned long long : "); Serial.println(sizeof(unsigned long long));
}
void loop() {}
Number of bytes for unsigned int : 2
Number of bytes for unsigned long : 4
Number of bytes for unsigned long long : 8
➜ 8 bytes
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
unsigned long long int x = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;//18,446,744,073,709,551,615
byte myArray[20];
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
{
myArray[i] = x % 10;
x = x / 10;
}
for(int i = 19; i>=0; i--)
{
Serial.print(myArray[i], DEC);//shows: 18446744073709551615
}
}
void loop()
{
}
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