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How to efficiently code a long duration timer
Your posted code will never fail.
See http://gammon.com.au/millis
Let me put it this way. Does your clock "fail" at midnight?
Subtracting the start time from time now always works (even ...
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How to efficiently code a long duration timer
There are various notions of efficiency, depending on what resource you
want to optimize for. For a battery-powered project, the most relevant
is likely to be energy-efficiency. Then, your code may ...
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How to efficiently code a long duration timer
Should I still be using millis() or is there a more efficient way to create a timer which tracks these longer time periods?
For longer time periods you really should use an RTC. You will get much ...
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