start

Start a timer object.

📝Syntax

start(t)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
t	Timer object or timer object array.

📄Description

start starts the timer using its StartDelay, ExecutionMode, Period, and TasksToExecute properties. The timer must have a nonempty TimerFcn.

start returns immediately after the timer is scheduled. Use wait when the current command sequence must block until the timer finishes.

💡Examples

Start a single-shot timer.

t = timer('StartDelay', 0.1, ...
  'TimerFcn', @(src, event) disp('started and fired'));
start(t);
wait(t);
delete(t);

Start a repeated timer.

t = timer('ExecutionMode', 'fixedSpacing', ...
  'Period', 0.05, ...
  'TasksToExecute', 3, ...
  'TimerFcn', @(src, event) disp('tick'));
start(t);
wait(t);
delete(t);

🔗See Also

timer startat stop wait

🕔Version History

Version	Description
2.0.0	initial version

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