I'm trying to read millis with 1 millisecond delay.
But delay is not working properly.
What should be the proper code to this short interval delay value ?
float myTime;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
myTime = millis();
Serial.println(myTime); // prints time since program started
delay(1); // wait a second so as not to send massive amounts of data
}
What is wrong, the comment, or the value for delay?
delay(1000); // wait a second
delayMicroseconds(1000); // wait a millisecond
Why do you use a float to hold millis?
Why do you want to block on Serial?
9600 baud means about 1000 chars a second,
that is not enough to print at least 6 chars 1000 times.
An unsigned long is sufficient, and you may get better precision by using delayMicroseconds(1000);
@Whandall beat me to it
in this case if i use serial baud 57600 and delayMicroseconds(1000) what data type should i use please suggest ?
out put value will a sensor value.
the actual code is :
void setup() {
// initialize serial communication at 9600 bits per second:
//Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.begin(500000);
}
// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:
void loop() {
static int timer = 1;
if(Serial.available() > 0)
{
timer = Serial.parseFloat();
Serial.print(">");
Serial.print(timer);
Serial.println("<");
//Serial.flush();
}
int sensorValue = analogRead(A0);
float distance;
float voltage = sensorValue * (5.0 / 1023.0);
distance = 20*voltage - 0.051;
Serial.println(distance);
delay(timer);
}
even if i do the code like this
still output value is not 100% accurate
long myTime;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(57600);
}
void loop() {
//Serial.print("Time: ");
myTime = millis();
//myTime = 47.56;
Serial.println(myTime); // prints time since program started
//delay(1); // wait a second so as not to send massive amounts of data
delayMicroseconds(997);
}
Your first code does not use delayMicroseconds.
All variables used to hold millis or micros should be unsigned long.
You need ten bits to transfer one byte, println() adds two more chars to the output stream.
do the computation yourself.
What is hard to understand in unsigned long?
Millis does not take all values, sometimes it skips.
Something you will notice is that occasionally millis() will skip a number, advancing by 2 instead of 1. The millis counter is driven by an interrupt based off the 16MHz oscillator, with the interrupt occurring at 1.024mS intervals, requiring a periodic adjustment to keep the time interval fairly correct long term.
Forget about using a delay, just check for when the value of millis() changes.
unsigned long myTime;
unsigned long previousMillis;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
myTime = millis();
if (myTime != previousMillis) {
Serial.println(myTime); // prints time since program started
previousMillis = myTime;
}
}noted with thanks.
understand the point.
noted with thanks.
learned the logic.
The which @RAJ_Faisal is uploaded as termed is as actual code is correct?
Is that working ??? Anyone confirm about please.
if the actual code is that, so why this is not working on my side.
Let me know
Thanks
In addition to what has been said, you're using serial.println which means that serial transfer is sometimes "busy in the background"; serial reads and writes rely on interrupts and those take precedence over the code in your sketch as it is now. So sometimes the microcontroller may simply be busy for a millisecond with other tasks and as a result it may skip a beat.
That is a much worse (and untrue) description of the millis behavior.
It was explained already correctly.
Millis itself obviously doesn't skills a beat, but the serial print may appear to skip one.
Again, not true. Millis skips with or without printing.
Not at the frequency shown in this sketch given the 2.4% deviation.
Again, not true.
uint32_t lastVal;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
uint32_t topLoop = millis();
if (topLoop != lastVal) {
if (topLoop - lastVal > 1) {
Serial.print(F("skip from "));
Serial.print(lastVal);
Serial.print(F(" to "));
Serial.println(topLoop);
}
lastVal = topLoop;
}
}
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And that makes absolute sense, to keep the millis as close to the real milliseconds,
you have to adjust when the error reaches 1 millisecond, after each 42nd cycle of 16MHz/1024 counts.
There are no background processes on a standard AVR that take anywhere near 1 milli second.
Details can be found here:
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