Simple Arduino Timer

A simple Arduino library to work with time.

API

Class SimplifiedTimer

Constructor

SimplifiedTimer(uint64_t interval): Creates a new timer instance with the given interval in ms. The timer is enabled by default.

Methods

bool isReady(): Check if timer is ready. Returns true if the timer is ready
void setInterval(uint64_t interval): Set the timer's interval.
void setInterval(uint64_t interval): Set the timer interval. Param interval is the interval in ms
void reset(): Reset the timer. It will be ready again once the set interval has passed.
void disable(): Disable the timer. It will not be ready although the time is up.
void enable(): Enable the timer. A disabled timer is enabled again

Example

#include <SimplifiedTimer.h>

// Create a first timer and specify its interval in milliseconds
SimplifiedTimer firstTimer(2000);
// Create a second timer
SimplifiedTimer secondTimer;

void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);

    // Set an interval to 3 secs for the second timer
    secondTimer.setInterval(3000);
}

void loop()
{
    if (firstTimer.isReady()) {            // Check is ready a first timer
        Serial.println("2 seconds have passed");
        // Do something ...

        // Disable this timer until it gets enabled again
        firstTimer.disable();
    }

    if (secondTimer.isReady()) {                    // Check if second timer is ready
        Serial.println("Called every 3 sec");
        // Do something ...

        firstTimer.enable();                        // Enable the first timer again
        firstTimer.reset();                         // Reset the first timer to let it wait another 2 seconds

        secondTimer.reset();                        // Reset the second timer
        
    }
}

License

This library is a fork of SimpleTimer which was originally released by Alexander Kiryanenko under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Kiryanenko.
Copyright (c) 2024 Tobias Groza.

Licensed under the MIT license.