Hello guys, I am trying to move a servo once every 75 seconds. For some reason I am unable to do this, instead of waiting 75 seconds, the servo waits 11 seconds( I timed it) and then moves. is there any limit to the value in "delay"? in my code I simply put delay 75000, which should equal 75 seconds. I used 75000 as a variable, because I didn't feel like manually changing the delay value for everything every time I wanted a different value. I admit i've never made a timer for this long before, but am I doing something wrong? do I need to do something different if it's above a minute delay?
what am I doing wrong here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
#include <Servo.h>
Servo servo_0; //define servo
int x = 75000;
void setup()
{
servo_0.attach(0); // attaches the servo on pin 0 to the servo object
servo_0.write(90); // starting position
delay(1000);
}
void loop()
{
//Individual Servo Control
servo_0.write(0); //first movement to 0 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(15); //first movement to 15 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(30); //second movement to 30 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(45); //third movement to 45 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(60); //first movement to 60 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(75); //second movement to 75 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(90); //third movement to 90 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(105); //first movement to 105 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(120); //second movement to 120 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(135); //third movement to 135 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(150); //first movement to 150 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(165); //second movement to 165 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(180); //third movement to 180 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(165); //first movement to 165 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(150); //second movement to 150 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(135); //third movement to 135 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(120); //first movement to 120 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(105); //second movement to 105 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(90); //third movement to 90 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(75); //first movement to 75 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(60); //second movement to 60 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(45); //third movement to 45 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(30); //first movement to 30 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(15); //second movement to 15 degrees
delay(x);
servo_0.write(0); //second movement to 0 degrees
delay(x);
}