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and angles.

See Also

RAD2DEG , DEG2RAD , ATN , COS , SIN , SINH , COSH

Example

Show sample

THIRDLINE

Action

Reset LCD cursor to the third line.

Syntax

THIRDLINE

Remarks

NONE

See also

UPPERLINE , LOWERLINE , FOURTHLINE

Example

Dim A As Byte

A = 255

Cls

Lcd A

Thirdline

Lcd A

Upperline

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TIME$

Action

Internal variable that holds the time.

Syntax

TIME$ = "hh:mm:ss" var = TIME$

Remarks

The TIME$ variable is used in combination with the CONFIG CLOCK and CONFIG DATE

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directive.

The CONFIG CLOCK statement will use the TIMER0 or TIMER2 in async mode to create a 1 second interrupt. In this interrupt routine the _Sec, _Min and _Hour variables are updated. The time format is 24 hours format.

When you assign TIME$ to a string variable these variables are assigned to the TIME$ variable.

When you assign the TIME$ variable with a constant or other variable, the _sec, _Hour and _Min variables will be changed to the new time.

The only difference with VB is that all digits must be provided when assigning the time. This is done for minimal code. You can change this behavior of course.

The async timer is only available in the M103, 90S8535, M163 and M32(3), Mega128, Mega64, Mega8. For other chips it will not work.

As new chips are launched by Atmel, and support is added by MCS, the list above might not be complete. It is intended to serve as an example for chips with a timer that can be used in asynchrone mode. So when your micro has a timer that can be used in asynchrone mode, it should work.

Do not confuse DATE$ with the DATE function.

ASM

The following asm routines are called from mcs.lib.

When assiging TIME$ : _set_time (calls _str2byte)

When reading TIME$ : _make_dt (calls _byte2str)

See also

DATE$ , CONFIG CLOCK , CONFIG DATE

Example

See the sample of DATE$

TIME

Action

Returns a time-value (String or 3 Byte for Second, Minute and Hour) depending of the Type of the Target

Syntax

bSecMinHour = Time(lSecOfDay)

bSecMinHour = Time(lSysSec)

bSecMinHour = Time(strTime)

strTime = Time(lSecOfDay) strTime = Time(lSysSec)

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strTime = Time(bSecMinHour)

Remarks

Converting to a time-string:

The target string strTime must have a length of at least 8 Bytes, otherwise SRAM after the target-string will be overwritten.

Converting to Softclock format (3 Bytes for Second, Minuteand Hour):

Three Bytes for Seconds, Minutes and Hour must follow each other in SRAM. The variable-name of the first Byte, that one for Second must be passed to the function.

See also

Date and Time Routines , SECOFDAY, SYSSEC

Partial Example

Enable Interrupts

Config Clock = Soft

Dim Strtime As String * 8

Dim Bsec As Byte , Bmin As Byte , Bhour As Byte

Dim Lsecofday As Long

Dim Lsyssec As Long

'Example 1: Converting defined Clock - Bytes (Second / Minute / Hour) to Time - String

Bsec = 20 : Bmin = 1 : Bhour = 7 Strtime = Time(bsec)

Print "Time values: Sec=" ; Bsec ; " Min=" ; Bmin ; " Hour=" ; Bhour ; " converted to string " ; Strtime

'Time values: Sec=20 Min=1 Hour=7 converted to string 07:01:20

'Example 2: Converting System Second to Time - String

Lsyssec = 123456789

Strtime = Time(lsyssec)

Print "Time of Systemsecond " ; Lsyssec ; " is " ; Strtime

'Time of Systemsecond 123456789 is 21:33:09

'Example 3: Converting Second of Day to Time - String Lsecofday = 12345

Strtime = Time(lsecofday)

Print "Time of Second of Day " ; Lsecofday ; " is " ; Strtime

'Time of Second of Day 12345 is 03:25:45

'Example 4: Converting System Second to defined Clock - Bytes (Second /

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