I have little to no experience in programming and i'm very slowly and gradually getting the hang of it. My next project is that i'm making a clock, and wanted to use multiple functions for the hour:minute:seconds instead of just using one for everything. But after reading some i came to the conclusion that the arduino can only run one function at a time. So my question is how can i make the illusion of multiple functions running simultaneously on a LCD screen.
My Minute() function is as follows: void Minute(){
for(Second_Digit; Second_Digit<10; Second_Digit++){
if(Second_Digit==10){
First_Digit = First_Digit + 1;
lcd.print(First_Digit);
}
lcd.setCursor(3, 0);
lcd.print(First_Digit);
lcd.setCursor(4, 0);
lcd.print(Second_Digit);
delay(60000);
lcd.clear();
if(First_Digit==5 && Second_Digit==9){
First_Digit = First_Digit - 5;
Second_Digit = Second_Digit -10;
lcd.print(First_Digit);
}
if(Second_Digit==9){
First_Digit = First_Digit + 1;
lcd.print(First_Digit);
Second_Digit = Second_Digit - 10;
}
}
}
And my Second():
void Second(){
for(Second_Digit; Second_Digit<10; Second_Digit++){
if(Second_Digit==10){
First_Digit = First_Digit + 1;
}
lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
lcd.print(First_Digit);
lcd.setCursor(1, 0);
lcd.print(Second_Digit);
delay(1000);
lcd.clear();
if(First_Digit==5 && Second_Digit==9){
First_Digit = First_Digit - 5;
Second_Digit = Second_Digit -10;
}
if(Second_Digit==9){
First_Digit = First_Digit + 1;
Second_Digit = Second_Digit - 10;
}
}
}
And the setup and loop are very simple:
void setup()
{
lcd.begin(16, 2);
}
void loop()
{
Second();
Minute();
}
I know i can't use delay() and have no idea how to tackle this another way.