How do I display time to the next measurement?

[mjnich]

Hi,

The experiments I measure are slow and tend to last several weeks. I collect data at intervals of 1-15 minutes using a simple timed or while loop. I'd like to add a countdown timer that displays the time to the next measurement, but can't figure out how to accomplish this seemingly simple task.

Thanks in advance for your help

mike

[GerdW]

Hi mjnich,

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@mjnich wrote:

I'd like to add a countdown timer that displays the time to the next measurement, but can't figure out how to accomplish this seemingly simple task.

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"time to next measurement" := "time of next measurement" - "current time"

This seems a rather simple calculation, so what is your exact problem with it?

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

Use the Elapsed Time VI.