Hello fellow friends, Been awhile since I last posted since I was working on my diesel glow plug controller project. I want to say I finally got the engine installed and running and have been able to test out my glow plug controller in a live environment and it works as designed! I did have some d…

Hello ramjeepee I have read your system description. The frequent use of the delay() function constantly blocks the required real-time processing of the programme. My recommendation: A timer function based on the millis() function is actually always required in every project. The timer function …

You may refer to this forum. [image] Running in background timer Programming Questions Hi there. I've seen this type of feature for micro: bit. Just wondering if Arduino has it. Feature: Get the number of milliseconds of time passed since the board was turned on. I want…

I appreciate the quick reply, but the problem lies in the fact that the code you refer to is in regard to a timer that starts as soon as the board is powered. This can be extremely variable in this case, the operator could turn on the key and the initial portion of the code could run its course, the…

Okay. I understand your situation. If you don't want it when boards start then start the timer, you can see this forum I found online. Click here for the forum It is similar to your situation. Hope it helps! Thanks!

[image] ramjeepee: ...problem lies in the fact that the code you refer to is in regard to a timer that starts as soon as the board is powered. ... This is like the millis function that I was unable to successfully make work correctly. It seems that you do not understand how to use millis() …

[image] paulpaulson: The timer function can be easily derived from the BLINKWITHOUTDELAY example, the mother of all Arduino timers, in the IDE. If you re-read this sentence from user @ramjeepee [image] ramjeepee: I previously tried the 'millis' function and have already banged my head ag…

[image] ramjeepee: My apologies if this is very verbose, but I feel that if you have all the background then it will be easier to assist in my request for help. very good that you explained it in this detailed way. Still there are some "details" missing. Post your complete sketch. From the…

[image] ramjeepee: Now I have the code broke into 3 sections, preglow, start glow and afterglow. this sounds like you want to program a Finite State Machine PREGLOW, STARTGLOW, AFTERGLOW are your states (there might be more...) Define what should happen in each state, Define on which event…

[image] ramjeepee: In this portion of code I am triggering a relay based on engine coolant temperature and a 12v signal from the vehicle alternator. The 12v signals that the engine has started. what about something like this const byte alternatorPin = A2; const byte temperaturePin = A0; c…

Lot of replies since I posted this up last night. Sounds like I better take another crack at attempting use of the 'millis' function. I apologize for not posting the entire program as written, I just did not want to add any confusion or distract from the task at hand. I will have to read carefully …

You should always post complete sketches! regardless if tsketch does compile or not compile if the behaviour is as you want it or the behaviour is different than you want it If you want to emphasize a certain part of the code post the complete sketch and then as a new code-section post the part …

While Loop and Timer Advice

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You may refer to this forum.

It has the code for it.

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