Pulse counter using Arduino

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Hello all, I'm making pulse counter(high pulses) generated by one arduino and counting it on another. It works but not the way I want. Suppose I'm sending 5 pulses (high and low of 1ms each), then output should be 5 right.. but I get: 1 2 3 4 5...like this on the Serial monitor. Here's the code I'm using.

void loop()
{
  ton=pulseIn(in_pin,HIGH);
  if (ton > 900 && ton < 1100)
  {
    pulse_data++;
  }
  else
  {
    pulse_data = 0;
  }
  
  Serial.println(pulse_data);
}

Can anyone please help me modify the code so that it prints 5. I can't use interrupt pins as I'm using them for another task.

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  • Solved it myself....just had to wait for the timeout.
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kzkhan98:

  • Solved it myself....just had to wait for the timeout.

Well, ok, if your program does not need to do anything else during that time period.
Paul