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08/06/08 05:48
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 		 #157275 - State machines
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Marshall Brown said:
however in my example above the function may take >60secs to complete, in its current form.

You could redesign it as a state machine - so that your main loop only calls it when there's an event (in this case, a timer event) to handle...

Michael Karas did a tutorial on state machines a while back...



List of 27 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Non Blocking timer            01/01/70 00:00      
   Use a hardware timer            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks - But.....            01/01/70 00:00      
         State machines            01/01/70 00:00      
            THANKS - That's a great idea            01/01/70 00:00      
               if you have a lot to delay by various delays            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I Like that Idea as well            01/01/70 00:00      
                  A Linked List might be better here            01/01/70 00:00      
                     the correct use takes care of this            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Not necessarily            01/01/70 00:00      
   Cooperative or preemptive multitasking            01/01/70 00:00      
      Super-loop contra cooperative multitasking            01/01/70 00:00      
         Multasking can work on the 8051 ... sometimes            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not just stack            01/01/70 00:00      
               I agree            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Choose your battles carefully            01/01/70 00:00      
               I agree, too            01/01/70 00:00      
                  and            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Never underestimate the usefulnes of interrupts            01/01/70 00:00      
                        a flavor            01/01/70 00:00      
                           prioritizing in super-loop            01/01/70 00:00      
                              the fact is ..            01/01/70 00:00      
                  C works well            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Circular argument?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Re: Circular Argument            01/01/70 00:00      
                        going round in circles            01/01/70 00:00      
            small multitasker            01/01/70 00:00      

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