Multiple time periods in SPIN

AGCB · 2020-10-26 23:23

Is there an easy way to do different tasks at different rates? I mean I want to display time info from a RTC every second but don't need to update room temperature but every few minutes. A few other things may need 1 minute updates or even only every 10 minutes etc.

I have a second counter (don't confuse the ms name with milliseconds) that I have used like this

if (ms==600) OR (ms==1200) OR (ms==1800) OR (ms==2400) OR (ms==3000) OR (ms==3600){
            } OR (ms==4200) OR (ms==4800) OR (ms==5400) OR (ms==6000) OR (ms==7198)     
            gust:=0    ' every 10 minutes            'counter counts to 7200 and then resets to 0

But that gets long to write.

I've also used IF statements with the RTC like this

 IF  (timbuf[hours]==04) AND (timbuf[minutes]==03) AND (timbuf[seconds]<10)
          MaxWind := 0   'reset maxWind and HI/LO at 4:03 AM each day

But some times those happen multiple times or miss the intended time if the RTC is in its own COG. Results in needing flags.

There must be an easier way!! I hope to learn from the experts.

Thanks
Aaron

Ariba · 2020-10-27 00:14

    if ms // 600 == 0    ' every 10 minutes
        gust := 0

JonnyMac · 2020-10-27 03:38

I do that with my time object; I use one object for each element that needs its own period. Since it counts up, I set it with negative time then check for 0 as an indication of "ready."

pub main

  repeat
    check_rtc
    check_sensor


pub check_rtc

  if (rtctimer.millis < 0)
    return
  
  rtctimer.adjust(-1000)

  ' handle the rtc here


pub check_sensor

  if (snsrtimer.millis < 0)
    return
  
  snsrtimer.adjust(-30_000) { 5 minutes }

  ' handle the sensor here

AGCB · 2020-10-28 08:39

Thank you
I knew you guys would come through!
Aaron

Multiple time periods in SPIN

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