I'll check out the post on code question on piclist.  I'm currently
playing with MPLAB.  What i meant by exact time means that for example
i want 5ms of delay,
how would i make sure my loop will only delay exactly for 5 ms and no
more or less than that.

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:36:39 -0400, Ken Pergola <no_spam@localnet.com> wrote:
> 
> Wan Zulhelmi Wan Ahmad Kamar wrote:
> 
> > I actually need the exact time rather than just looping through delay.
> 
> Hi Wan,
> 
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by this -- could you clarify what you mean
> from your statement above?
> 
> Since you have decided on the software-generated delay as opposed to a
> hardware-generated delay, one approach you could take is to write a
> subroutine that delays a fixed amount of time. You could also write a
> subroutine that takes an iteration parameter that allows you to have a
> "user-programmable" delay depending upon the value you set the iteration
> parameter before you invoke the subroutine.
> 
> Don't rule out using a hardware timer approach for generating delays -- your
> code could then do other things instead of being tied up in the software
> delay. Perhaps you could give more details of your delay requirements that
> you need. It's difficult to know this from what you posted so far. There was
> a very recent thread here on the PICList regarding software-generated
> delays -- did you happen to catch it? It was in a thread entitled 'code
> question'.
> 
> If you have not already, I would suggest using playing with MPSIM in MPLAB
> IDE to aid you with your soft delay code. The stopwatch function is very
> useful.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ken Pergola
> 
> 
> 
> 
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