Thinking blockade with timer

[Gunner]

Look into using various timers like timeout timers.

C++ Blynk (Legacy) - Code Examples for Basic Tasks

#22 - Super Simple Duration Counter OK, 'fess up time… I have rarely used millis() unless it was already included in some example or snippet copied from elsewhere, so I just assumed using it for actual human readable time was difficult… Well, it is not!! V0 is a Button Widget set to switch mode V1 is a Display Widget And that is it… If all you need is a readable Hours/Minutes/Seconds duration display, without using Time library, RTC, etc. then here you go. EDIT - Updated to count d…

C++ Blynk (Legacy) - Code Examples for Basic Tasks

#24 - Timed Button Widget Just cuz it keeps getting asked for It is an improved & simplified version of my Latch & indicator example in my #12 - Timers Simplified post above. Set your vPin, dPin and timeout accordingly… And exchange the digitalWrite() for whatever you want to happen for the timed duration int latchButton; int latchFlag; //===== Timeed latching button ===== BLYNK_WRITE(vPin) { // Button Widget set as switch latchButton = param.asInt(); if …

C++ Blynk (Legacy) - Code Examples for Basic Tasks

#26 - Adjustable pulsing LED that fades in and out with Timers And now for more Timerception tricks… A variable timed, flashing (pulsing) physical LED that fades in and out, all with nested timers in lambda functions. One of the lambda tricks I had to discover, via trial and error, was using a “fixed call” interval timer called simply setTimer(long d, timer_callback f, int n) that will run its timed interval course as normal, but only n many times before stopping… the key was finding where to…