loop in remote function

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#1

hello,

I want to make a loop in a function from a remote function.

#include <IRremote.h>

int i = 10;
int RECV_PIN = 6;    //ontvangst punt is 11
IRrecv irrecv(RECV_PIN);  //library deze pin
decode_results results;  //zet om naar getallen

void setup() {

  irrecv.enableIRIn();      //setup ontvangst punt
  pinMode(i, OUTPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  if (irrecv.decode(&results)) {     //als een ir signaal is gedetecteerd

    long int decCode = results.value;    //als het zo is maak er een variabele van
    Serial.println(decCode);
    irrecv.resume();        // begin opnieuw met zoeken naar ir signaal
  }

  switch (results.value) {        //afhankelijk van he ir signaal doe dit....

    case 16738455://omhoog        //kijk of er zo,n signaal komt van de afstandbediening, zo ja doet wat er onder staat
      digitalWrite(i, HIGH);
      delay(100);
      digitalWrite(i, LOW);
      delay(100);
      break;                      //niet verder kijken of er nog meer opdrachten zijn voor dit signaal

  }

}

I want to repeat the
digitalWrite(i, HIGH);
delay(100);
digitalWrite(i, LOW);
delay(100);

How can I do this?

#2

Use the "BlinkWithoutDelay" example to see how to do a blinking pattern without spending all your processing time in delay(). Then add a variable to enable and disable the blinking code. Then turn that on an off with the remote control input.

#3

I want to repeat the

How many times? Computers are stupid, you know. They will only do what you tell them to do.

#4

When I use the blinkwithoutdelay it is only runs once, when I press a button on the remote the led goes on and when I press the button again the led goes off. So that doesn’t work.

I want the program to run unlimited like the void loop.

#5

ikke1:
I want the program to run unlimited like the void loop.

You can't. In order to perform more than one task at a time, the loop() function has to be the only loop. You have to use flags, variables and if statements in place of for and while loops (in general).

#6

I found something that does not repeat unlimited but it does repeat much.

for(int i = 0; i<99999999999999999; i++)

But can I use int with such numbers?

#7

ikke1:
I found something that does not repeat unlimited but it does repeat much.

for(int i = 0; i<99999999999999999; i++)

But can I use int with such numbers?

The loop() compatible version of that would be:

int i=0;
loop()
{
  if (i<9999)
    {
      { } //stuff that you would do in the for loop here
      i++;
      }
...
}

No, ints can not store such a big number.

#8

You need to separate reading serial data from using serial data.

if(Serial.available() > 0)
{
   char c = Serial.read();

   if(c == 'b')
      blink = true;
   if(c == 's')
      blink = false;
}

if(blink)
{
    // Use the blink with delay example to determine what to do here
}

blink would be a boolean variable, with global scope, initialized to false.

#9