TiLDA MK3/timer

See the micropython documentation [1] for a detailed explanation. Some examples are below.

Note that when your program completes executing, the badge will restart back to the main menu. If your program doesn't do anything else after initialising the timer, the badge will look like it just restarts when you run your program! If you just want the timer callback to keep running and do nothing else, end your program with a loop like "while True: pass".

Function callbacks

flag = 0

#note, this callback needs to take one parameter, which is what timer is calling it
def tim_callback(t):
    global flag
    flag = 1

timer = pyb.Timer(3)
timer.init(freq=1)
timer.callback(tim_callback)

....

timer.deinit()

or, using lambdas

flag = 0

#the use of lambda avoids needing the function to take an argument
def tim_callback():
    global flag
    flag = 1

timer = pyb.Timer(3)
timer.init(freq=1)
timer.callback(lambda t: tim_callback())

....

timer.deinit()