How do I create time delays longer than 65 seconds?
The best way of creating long delays is to do minute delays with a loop, e.g. to wait an hour (60 minutes) for b2 = 1 to 60 ‘start a for..next loop pause 60000 ‘wait 1 second next b2 ‘next loop The PICAXE microcontroller works at a nominal 4MHz, but due to device manufacturing tolerances there is likely to be a drift of a few seconds over long time periods (e.g. a day). Note that the Serial LCD/Clock module (AXE033) has a precision clock and ‘alarm clock’ function that can be used to trigger the PICAXE at predefined interval or at certain time/dates with much greater precision.
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