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Delay() and sleep() have different timing cycles.


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Hi,

I am using MSP430 launchpad with G2553 controller. When I am using sleep(5000), and varying the voltage on the controller from 3v to 4v the timing is varying based on the voltage, but the timing in not changing when I am using delay(5000) when I am varying voltage. Any help will be appreciated. 

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The delay() function is part of the official Arduino API. It is implemented with a busy loop, based on the CPU clock.

The sleep() function is not part of the official Arduino API. It powers down the CPU, and measures time based on the VLO, which doesn't have a accurately specified frequency to begin with and has much higher temperature and voltage coefficients than other clock sources.

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Please also see the comment here I posted here on github here: https://github.com/energia/Energia/issues/569#issuecomment-316120507

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"VLO has a typical frequency of 12kHz hence this is the value used in the code for vlo_freq. With that said, VLO, as per datasheet, has a minimal value of 4kHz and a maximum value of 20kHz. The frequency it settles on varies by part, temperature, power supply, etc. Hence it can end up anywhere between 4 kHz and 20 kHz. Unfortunately there is no way to measure the VLO Freq. on startup. If you would like accurate sleep times then I suggest that you install the 32kHz watch crystal that came with the LaunchPad in the box.
Also see this thread for additional information about the sleep() and sleepSeconds() implementation: http://forum.43oh.com/topic/4571-building-low-power-into-energia/?page=2#comment-46495
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