[Jeff McCune]

Originally Posted by mightywombat

a better way to set up a timer, if you are comfortable with it, is to use the processor interrupts. www.kevin.org/frc has some sample code that can be cut and pasted into your code. I knew nothing about interrupts and timers and such and after a few hours staring blindly at the screen everything clicked. its really sweet how everything works. search chiefdelphi for other threads related to interrupt driven timers

Interrupts can be very dangerous and difficult to debug. I wouldn't recommend their use for rookie teams, espically at this late date.