Generating 1 second delay using timers in 8051

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bobparihar

Joined Jul 31, 2014
93
i am Generating 1 second delay using timers in 8051
my concept is like this
iam using 11.0592 crystal frequency

time required for 1 machine cycle is1.085 micro second

if timer is set to 0000h then time required for timer to run once is 65536*1.085= 7.11 ms

now if 7.11*142(times the loop runs) = 1000ms=1sec

so here is my code

Rich (BB code):
#include<reg51.h>
void delay(void);
void main()
{
  while(1)
  {
    P2=0x00;                // led off

    delay();                // delay for 1sec
    P2=0xFF;                // led on

    delay();                // delay for  1 sec
  }
}


    void delay(void)
        {
            int i;
            TMOD=0x01;                 // timer 0 in mode 1
            for(i=0;i<142;i++)
                {
                    TL0=0x00;         // starting value from 0 
                    TH0=0x00;
                    TR0=1;              // sart timer
                    while(TF0==0);       // polling TF flag for high
                    TR0=0;               // stop timer
                    TF0=0;                // clear flag TF0

                }
        }
but im not getting any 1 second delay..please correct me where iam wrong
 
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ErnieM

Joined Apr 24, 2011
8,377
"but im not getting any 1 second delay" tells us nothing.

Telling us "but I see a delay of X" is useful.

Note:
65536 * 1.085us = 71.11ms
71.11ms * 142 = 10.0978 sec

Also, polling the timer in a loop will introduce some error too.

How exact do you want the delay?
 

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bobparihar

Joined Jul 31, 2014
93
"but im not getting any 1 second delay" tells us nothing.

Telling us "but I see a delay of X" is useful.

Note:
65536 * 1.085us = 71.11ms
71.11ms * 142 = 10.0978 sec

Also, polling the timer in a loop will introduce some error too.

How exact do you want the delay?
ok i got it i have to make a loop which runs 14 times..for 1 second delay
but still problem is where it was.. according to the code delay should be 10 sec longer... but i was getting the delay of milli seconds when i burn the code in hardware..
 

THE_RB

Joined Feb 11, 2008
5,438
Then your code of starting and stopping the timer is a bad choice.

Just let the timer free-run, and count the number of overflows. Usually there is a timer overflow flag you can test for, without stopping the timer.

After enough overflows you have timed 1 second.

Now I have to ask WHY do you need to time 1 second? Is this for some type of clock?
 

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bobparihar

Joined Jul 31, 2014
93
Then your code of starting and stopping the timer is a bad choice.

Just let the timer free-run, and count the number of overflows. Usually there is a timer overflow flag you can test for, without stopping the timer.

After enough overflows you have timed 1 second.

Now I have to ask WHY do you need to time 1 second? Is this for some type of clock?

YES YES!.. u got it bravo :)
 
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