Run multiple loops at once?

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Hi I am new to Arduino. :slight_smile: I was wondering if I could run multiple loops at once. I know that you can't just put

void loop(){
//code here
}

void loop(){
//code here
}

I was just wondering if there was any other way.

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Do not cross-post. Other thread removed.

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You have to code one loop to do both things.

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You can get true multitasking, if you hook multiple arduinos together to communicate, say with software serial. I do this a lot with Nanos, since they're under $3 apiece.

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OK guys I don't need anymore answers. I did some searching around and figured out that there is a way to have multiple loops. Your loop would look like this:

void loop(){
loopPart1();
loopPart2();
loopPart3();
}
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That's not "multiple loops". That's one loop function calling several other functions that just happen to have loop in their names.

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Delta_G:
That's not "multiple loops". That's one loop function calling several other functions that just happen to have loop in their names.

Perhaps - but that is the correct way to create the illusion of multiple loops when there is only one MCU.

@CKR123, have a look at the demo Several Things at a Time

...R

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It might be a little advanced for the OP, but I usually make classes with a setup() and loop() method, and write the code in such a way that it kinda-sorta works asynchronously.

Mypage at Arduino the Object Way.

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jrdoner:
You can get true multitasking, if you hook multiple arduinos together to communicate, say with software serial. I do this a lot with Nanos, since they're under $3 apiece.

I used that to it works great

but if CKR123 can manage his code by using

void loop(){
loopPart1();
loopPart2();
loopPart3();
}

it is cheaper and i think easier to..

Thanks @PaulMurrayCbr I will take a look at the page u posted it looks interesting for me

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@ PaulMurrayCbr:

I just have to say thanks for the link to your site amazing man... How simple your void loop and void setup is after its all said and done