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December 31, 2010
by Ralphxyz
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I am trying to capture a 1 second block of time (count).

volatile int32_t the_time;
volatile int32_t count;
SIGNAL(SIG_OUTPUT_COMPARE0A) {
  // when Timer0 gets to its Output Compare value,
  // one one-hundredth of a second has elapsed (0.01 seconds).
  the_time++;
  if (the_time = 100) {
      count++;
  }
}

int main() {
  realtimeclock_setup();
  lcd_init();               // init lcd
  FILE lcd_stream = FDEV_SETUP_STREAM(lcd_putchar, 0, _FDEV_SETUP_WRITE);
  lcd_home();
  uart_init();              // init serial port
  FILE uart_stream = FDEV_SETUP_STREAM(uart_putchar, uart_getchar, _FDEV_SETUP_RW);
  stdin = stdout = &uart_stream;
  sei();                    // turn on interrupt handler

  while(1) {
    lcd_home();
    fprintf_P(&lcd_stream, PSTR("%16.2f sec"), (double) the_time / 100.0);
//* 
    lcd_line_two();
    fprintf_P(&lcd_stream, PSTR("Count: %.0f"), count);   
//*/
    if (count = 10)         // 10 second block
    {
        count=0;            // Start over
    }
  } 
  return 0;
}

Time stands still.

I get 1.00 sec and Count: 0

frozen nothing more.

It seems logical (doesn't it) that the the_time counts up to 100 then count is incremented by 1. Then do it again.

Why does it freeze (or more concisely why doesn't it work)?

Ralph

December 31, 2010
by Rick_S
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= is the assignment operator == is for checking a variable against another.

So when you said on line 7 if (the_time = 100) you assigned the_time the value of 100. To check against 100 it should read if (the_time == 100)

The same is true for the if statement on line 29.

Hope that helps out, I still catch myself doing this on occasion,

Rick

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