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I have a similar problem in a project, I have four insulated pads if you don’t touch the pad it will time out but it takes a little more than ¼ second just to scan the pads so you can scan less than 4 times per second. In my case if you touch the pad RCTIME will return a 2 so the rest of the time is wasted and keeps me from scanning the the pads as often as I need.
Craig

the manual says the RCTimeout default is 65,535 microseconds.
it also has a Timeoutmultiple to modify this time limit.

to me 65,535 * 1 (smallest whole number) = 65,535 (yes, duh, work with me a sec =)
which is about 4 times longer than the max I'm after.
meaning: time's a wastin'
does it matter? I think it might. it all adds up, especially if I need to do this function numerous times.

I have several atom manuals which presents things slightly (and usefully) different. I haven't found an answer in them. I've searched these forums and found many interesting things, but didn't happen to find this answer.
it may be just basic computer math -which still seems odd to me which might be my problem =)
not really sure how to google something this specific in a productive way.

so my question is:
how can I let the Atom get on with it's life after about 15,000 us?
or is there a different way to accurately time a changed pin state?

thanks for reading and thinking about this

BEX

ps this is similar to timbo's question but i didnt see a reply

Is that to say that you expect it to time out instead of changing states? The timeout isn't a factor if the pin changes state.

Why don't you use "Software Interrupts".

Note the Atom only checks its enabled interrupts between MBasic keywords, so you might put your main loop into a 'tight' busy-wait, like:

Main:
Pause 1 ' Check every 1 mSec
GOTO MAIN

Now you may have to "debounce" the switches still, but this approach should give you 1 mSec response times.

yes, dleroi, good point, duh!

if i get a timeout there's a problem and i definitely dont need the atom running until i fix it.
color me red =)

thank you very much for reminding me to look at the forest not the trees!

Im so embarrassed LOL


BEX