How to make a timer?

[valdi]

Hi everyone,

I want to make a timer that calls a function or something every time interval, its the same as the MATLAB function Timer. for example, during a measurment if I recieve 2 new values everytime, I want to check if they are smaller or bigger not continuously but every 5min, without stopping the whole measurment.

thanks! 

[Phil_]

Use some shift registers or feedback nodes to compare the current tick count with the tick count when you started the timer + the length of your timer.