How can I optimize Arduino code for faster sensor data processing?"

Hi everyone,
I’m working on a project where multiple sensors are connected to my Arduino board, and I’m facing delays while reading and processing data. What are the best practices to make the code run more efficiently? Should I use interrupts, or is there a better way to handle multiple inputs?

Any suggestions or code examples would be really helpful. Thanks in advance!"

How would any one know if you have not actually posted your code?

You might want to look at this How to get the best out of this forum before you proceed any further.
We only know what you tell us, and without knowing what you have, and why you want to do this, we don't stand a chance.

What sort of Arduino board are you using?
How is it wired up? Schematic please.

After you do what is in post 2, study the several tutorials on the forum on doing many things at once and maybe state machines as well. These processors are many times faster than what I used commercially, so it's not the Arduino that's the bottleneck.

Your topic does not indicate a problem with the Arduino Command Line Tools and therefore has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum.

That can depend a lot on which sensors you are using, and how you use them. As an example, the DS18B20 temperature sensor can take up to 750mS between when you request the temperature, and when the temperature data is available to read. The simplistic method of using the sensor simply waits with a delay() while the reading is taken, while more efficient code will request the temperature reading, then come back and read the data 750mS later, allowing other code to be executed in the intervening time.

Hello abuturab02

Welcome to the best Arduino forum ever. :slight_smile:

Make software objects to handle several sensors.

  1. remove all code (including debug prints) that are not mandatory.

  2. make measurements how fast every individual sensor can be read

  3. check if there are async ways to read a sensor (as @david_2018 said in #5)

  4. do not read sensors more often than needed.

Addressing Your Issue:

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posting the code will provide some insight on "what" you're trying to do.

the answer to your questiion depends on

  • how many sensors there are,
  • how frequently they need to be read
  • how long it takes to read them
  • can they be read as a group or do they need to be read independently
  • what processing is required
  • how often are any result logged
  • ... i'm sure there are more questions

Just for your education, interrupts cannot or should not read data inputs. They can only tell your program there is data to be read.

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