Questions tagged [code-optimization]
The process of improving the efficiency of a program such that is uses less memory and/or less computational time.
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My code gets stuck when ever I use Rtc library [closed]
I have developed code about smart home that means I can control relay with smartphone. I am trying to develop new function to turn on lights on specific time, for that I am using RTC 1307 module with ...
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I have made a Nano send 4 pot values to an Uno please help with code
Happy New Year!
So I have made a Nano send 4 pot values to an Arduino Uno over serial but I have a problem: I don't know how to separate these values. Here's the code:
Master:
int Pot = A0;
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Code Optimization: Interrupt when a value reaches 0
I have this working program that I wish to improve efficiency as much as possible.
It will blink slow, then faster and faster until it restarts.
It works, but my main concern is, currently, I am using ...
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How to move a servo quickly and without delay function
Im trying to move a servo from one place to another while using the typical for loop you find in the servo's library example.
int lightON = 180;
int lightOFF = 90;
for (pos1 = lightOFF; pos1 <= ...
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How to move a servo with a function
Im currently moving a servo from one side to another by using the typical for loop like this:
int lightON = 180;
int lightOFF = 90;
if (buttonState == HIGH) {
digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
for (pos1 =...
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Port manipulation
My UNO having some stability issues because of heavy memory use, I'm now optimizing the code
now looking to reduce the digital read memory use with the help of port manipulation. I got the code for ...
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Does the compiled binary of a sketch include uncalled functions from a library?
I am writing a GUI using a TFT display and the Adafruit GFX library and its default font on Arduino Nano.
I want to be memory efficient and I assumed that the 'optimise for size' default setting of ...
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Automatic water pump Trigger System - I need my code FIXED
int out = LED_BUILTIN;
int strt = 3;
int stp = 9;
void setup() {
pinMode(out,OUTPUT);
pinMode(strt,INPUT);
pinMode(stp,INPUT);
}
void loop() {
while(true) {
if(digitalRead(strt) == LOW) ...
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Looking to optimize this code and add a loop
So I want to optimize this code and add a loop to the two red LEDs. The process is green LED is flashing, press button, yellow LED blink for 3 secs and then alternate flashing between the two red LEDs ...
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How might I add a delay, close the servo and go to the start again?
#include <Servo.h>
Servo myServo;
const int piezo = A0;
const int button = 2;
const int yellow = 3;
const int green = 4;
const int red = 5;
int knockVal;
int buttonVal;
const ...
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Reduce time between two consecutive SPI transfers on ESP32
I'm trying to drive an external DAC via SPI interface using ESP32 chip. But I cannot achieve the desired speed (>1M transfers/sec, each transfer consists of 16bits). The reason is not the SPI speed ...
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Is there a variable type of half byte? Is there a workaround?
I have this long array of 64 values going from 0 to 15, values which only cost 8 bits, for a pulse width modulation.
So I made a test to see its cost in space, commenting one of the two arrays.
const ...
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What are the traditional ways to optimize program memory usage?
While doing big projects using Arduino boards (Uno, Atmega328P MCU). I used to get warnings like this
Sketch uses 13764 bytes (44%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables ...
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combinate two codes [duplicate]
i am trying to put these two codes together someone would be so kind to help me.
""#include
const int photores = A0; // Photo resistor input
const int pot = A1; // Potentiometer input
const int led =...
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Division with big constant number. Ideas to make it more efficient?
Im reading the voltage applied to my microcontroller using the internal voltage reference.
Here the topic is talked, and there are some working examples.
Im NOT using this examples, im using my own ...
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Thermocouple and multimeter
I've put together this script that should allow my Arduino Mega to be show thermocouple readings on the serial monitor, whilst also showing readings of voltage and ohms across a given component. I'd ...
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What is PWM actually? [closed]
tcommand=(pwm_value-480.0)/8.22;
flapmag=(pwm_value-880)/41.0+10;
In this piece of code used in arduino, I don't understand why PWM value is subtracted and divided like this. This is not my code. Any ...
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Plant irrigation system
I'm very new to the Arduino game I wanted to make a small auto watering system for my plants. I bought these items
5V 1 CHANNEL RELAY MODULE FOR ARDUINO PIC AVR DSP ARMB
9 VOLT BATTERY SNAP ...
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Dragino Lora shield for Arduino sensor use
I am new to arduino and lora technology and i have dragino lorashield for arduino Uno and dragino gateway. I have also MQ-3 gas sensor and I want to detect the alcohol value and to send it to the ...
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FIXING BUG when Using Wire library to obtain compass heading
I am using the HMC-5983 magnetometer module to obtain the compass heading of a autonomous car I am building using the arduino platform.I'musing the
Z axis and X axis to obtain the heading.
However ...
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multiple invdividual servo controll arduino
I want to declare 11 servo motors in my code. Is there a better way to do that than just declare everyone under each other. The reason is that i have a code that will set the rotation for one at a ...
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Modular Coding - What types of code portions to convert into library files? Rationale and methods?
I'm working on documentation and combining 2 pieces of code for testing parts of a larger project.
I'm supposed to comment and make the code very clear to people who will use it later and make sure ...
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Refactoring bad design?
Could someone help me how to refactor old very complex code ?
Original used just setup and everything else was in single ISR.
But as it was bigger and bigger, code is quite slow and quite random ...
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Using Serial.write() to send a uint32_t send one byte x4 or send 4 bytes x1
In the IRremote library, IR signals are decoded and held in results.value. My project uses the NEC protocol which is 32 bits, so the IR code will always be 4 bytes.
uint32_t dCodedIR;
//
// code ...
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Optimizing for speed using const, static, constexpr etc in a function
In an ISR I want to keep things quick. At the same time I want to limit variable scope. Storage space is not a factor.
I have this line:
const char trigs[] = "aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJ";
When this is ...
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Optimizing Teensy 3.6 for data sampling?
So, I have a very basic project where I cycle through 8 IR individual transmitters. After setting the individual transmitter high, I cycle through all 8 IR receivers and print their values, RX_CYCLES ...
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28 BYJ stepper motor runs faster using delay() and little slower using millis(), why?
I'm working to develop a code for the stepper motor to use it in a project. And since using delay() isn't as efficient as millis(). So I first developed the code that use delay with 1ms delay between ...
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Combining sketches
I have two codes for my to sensors and they work separately. However, I need to combine them in one program please can you help?
The pulse code
/* PulseSensor Starter Project and Signal Tester
* ...
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FIltering, FXOS8700, FXAS21002C optimization
I'm working on an inverse pendulum project, and am using an adafruit NXP_FXOS8700_FXAS21002 along with an Arduino due, and an esp8266 (two separate projects, same code however). I'm using a Magdwick ...
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Is there a more elegant way to check highest / lowest sample data?
N00b question,
Is there a better way for readability / elegance / DRY etc to check various sensor values for high/low record value? This code works, but looks like the long way round.
void ...
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Why does the program size increase so drastically with these switch-cases?
EDIT: The problem is my op-code catch is op >= 0x20 || op <= 0x2F rather than op >= 0x20 && op <= 0x2F and so most of the switch-case was being optimised away!
This is a really ...
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how to code LED turning signals on smart car [closed]
this question is regarding how to add turn led signals on arduino powered smart car. I have 4 leds to give turn indications on my smart car(line follower, obstacle avoider, Bluetooth mobile controlled ...
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Best practice to declare a 'static' text and save memory
I'm working on a project where I need to create a JSON to send back state of an object. I created the code to achieve it and all works fine, but I used this to declare the JSON fields:
static const ...
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Merging of two functions
This is my Arduino code that checks the water Level of two different water reservoirs via 2 water Level Sensors A and B:
#define Water_Level_A 5;
#define Water_Level_B 6;
boolean Water_Level_Check_A(...
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Need help optimizing snake game code for Arduino Nano
Here's the code:
https://pastebin.com/ypWe4NZw
This is the output when I compile:
Sketch uses 13086 bytes (42%) of program storage space. Maximum is 30720 bytes.
Global variables use 1456 bytes (71%...
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Sending data from webserver to Arduino
Hello Arduino enthusiasts! I've been working on a keypad lock system for school lately and I need some advice.Basically, my code checks if the entered passcode is the same than a predefined passcode ...
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Switch case does not work after booting system
int value1;
int value2;
int runs1 = 0;
int runs2 = 0;
#include <Wire.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x3F, 16, 2);
int inPin = 6;
int val = 0;
int push_count = 0;
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Conditional randomization gets stuck
First-time poster here...
I have the following code to randomize note values and store them in an array loop1[i], where i is a specific step in the loop:
nextNote = random(-2, 3);
note = note + ...
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LED Programme where it delays the amount written in the Serial Monitor
I have written a simple code to delay the blinking of LED 13, the delay time is set by us.I have incurred a problem when I enter a 2 digit value in the serial monitor.There is some problem with the ...
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Storage usage of methods compared to copied code
When you have really small snippets of code that are repeated several times in your micro controller program, is it better to write a method? I mean better in terms of performance and storage usage. I ...
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Reducing Memory Usage lots of Floats
Im using an Arduino Uno - All code at github.com/robbrad/AirQuality
Current sketch usage:
Sketch uses 23186 bytes (71%) of program storage space. Maximum is 32256 bytes.
Global variables use 1428 ...
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Counting number of people inside a room [closed]
I want to count the number of people in a room using a microcontroller (Arduino Uno).
I have 2 ultrasonic sensors at a doorway about a 1.5m apart from each other. I want to increment the number when ...
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Const data optimisation for Arduino
I'm taking a course on Arduino Uno programming and on today's talk I heard that the const data is optimized by Arduino, so that it occupies less space than the actual data type (namely, a const int ...
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Porting code from Arduino IDE to other IDEs - expected code size reduction
Could I realistically be expecting some 25% - 50% code size reduction if I abandoned Arduino IDE's framework and moved to something more rudimentary such as AVR Studio ? I am using the EEPROM, Timer1 ...
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Breaking up for loop with ISR
I am curious if the following scenario is possible.
EICRB |= (0<<ISC60)|(0<<ISC61);
EIMSK |= (1<<INT6);
ISR(INT6_vect) {
myISR();
}
void myISR() {
digitalWrite(led_off, ...
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Controlling the Serial Monitor for 10 seconds
I am an amateur with Arduino and coding and I am learning in my lab class. My project consists of using a photoresistor to measure the brightness of a white LED. I have the following circuit built.
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Super-fast USB communication; how is it possible?
On Arduino forums, there's a post where someone improved the USB communication and made it super-fast. I don't understand how he did this, and I'm trying to recreate this, but failing.
My test code
I ...
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Optimizing Arduino File Selection from SD card
the following code will display the files on an SD card in an Arduino and allow the user to open a file of their choosing. Here's the code with a walkthrough of what it does.
In the Init state, I ...
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Correct use of interrupt vs monitoring switch
Background:
I have a uni assignment which requires an autonomous robot to do a number of tasks and then finish in a set spot after being triggered to start by an outside physical interaction. I've ...
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Does an Arduino get worn out by too much command execution?
Excuse me if it is a silly question, but I couldn't find an answer.
I've been wondering for a while whether an Arduino (or generally any other micro-controller) gets happy if the code is light and ...
