TimerTicks

timer ticks

Microcontrollers have hardware timers that tick at a set interval.

 OnTick {
  timer1++
  if ( timer1 > timeout ){
    // reset timeout 
    timer1 = 0
    // do something
  }

 OnTick {
  if ( timer1 > 0 ){
    timer1 += -1 
    if ( timer1 == 0 ){    
      timer1 + random()
      // do something
    } 
  }