Employing Servo Library and a Timer

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Greetings,
I need to create a sketch that can use the Servo Library and at the same time have a timer that will kick off another task. My first try at this was a disaster as I was trying to use the TimerOne library which, as i have come to find out, is used by the Servo library for its functioning. When i tried to use those 2 libraries together I got mutually exclusive behavior.

Is there another approach I can take here? Maybe use a different Timer like Timer2? Or maybe use a different Servo library?

Thanks for reading!

-Robin

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Why not use millis() or micros() for timing like the blink without delay method.

3

i am using the Servo library to control a speed controller. The timing on the Servo library "writeMicroseconds" needs to be in a range of 1ms to 2ms and have to be very exact as does the delay between pulses (20ms). i was hoping to accomplish an asynchronous timer that would not get in the way of those timings.

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What does the use of micros() or millis() have to do with servo timing. That is taken care of by the servo library. I guess I don't understand what you are trying to do.

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i will give that a shot. thanks

6

If you have trouble, we are here all week.

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Have a look at several things at a time. It uses millis() and controls a servo.

...R