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Arduino Timer Interrupt Basics

Timer interrupts allow code to run at regular intervals without pausing the main program. The Arduino UNO has three timers: Timer0 for delay() and millis(), Timer1 for servos, and Timer2 for tones. An example uses Timer1 interrupts to flash an LED every half second without delays, running the interrupt service routine to toggle the LED when the timer overflows.

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Arduino Timer Interrupt Basics

Timer interrupts allow code to run at regular intervals without pausing the main program. The Arduino UNO has three timers: Timer0 for delay() and millis(), Timer1 for servos, and Timer2 for tones. An example uses Timer1 interrupts to flash an LED every half second without delays, running the interrupt service routine to toggle the LED when the timer overflows.

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ArduinoTimerInterrupts

ArduinoTimerInterrupts
Whenyouwantthingstohappenataregulartimeinterval,itcanbeeasytogoforthedelay()function.
Butthisjustpausestheprogramforaspecifictimeperiodwhichiswastefulespeciallyifyouneedtodo
otherprocessinginthemeantime.

Thisiswheretimersandinterruptscomeintoplay.

TheArduinoUNOhasthreetimers

Timer0An8bittimerusedbyArduinofunctionsdelay(),millis()andmicros().
Timer1A16bittimerusedbytheServo()library
Timer2An8bittimerusedbytheTone()library

TheMegaboardshaveTimers3,4,5whichmaybeusedinstead

Intheexamplethatfollows,[Link],ifyouareusingtheServo
Librarytherewillbeaconflict,soyoushouldchooseanothertimer.

[Link],butnowinsteadof
usingdelaysitusesaninterrupteveryhalfsecondtoturntheLEDonandthenoff,thusmakingtheLED
flashoncepersecond.

/*
ExampleTimer1Interrupt
FlashLEDeverysecond
*/

#defineledPin13
inttimer1_counter
voidsetup()
{
pinMode(ledPin,OUTPUT)

//initializetimer1
noInterrupts()//disableallinterrupts
TCCR1A=0
TCCR1B=0

//Settimer1_countertothecorrectvalueforourinterruptinterval
//timer1_counter=64911//preloadtimer6553616MHz/256/100Hz
//timer1_counter=64286//preloadtimer6553616MHz/256/50Hz
timer1_counter=34286//preloadtimer6553616MHz/256/2Hz

TCNT1=timer1_counter//preloadtimer
TCCR1B|=(1<<CS12)//256prescaler
TIMSK1|=(1<<TOIE1)//enabletimeroverflowinterrupt
interrupts()//enableallinterrupts
}

ISR(TIMER1_OVF_vect)//interruptserviceroutine
{
TCNT1=timer1_counter//preloadtimer
digitalWrite(ledPin,digitalRead(ledPin)^1)
}

voidloop()
{
//yourprogramhere...
}

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