Does Arduino support threading?

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Snake Sanders picture Snake Sanders · Dec 22, 2012 · Viewed 39.9k times · Source

I have a couple of tasks to do with arduino but one of them takes very long time, so I was thinking to use threads to run them simultaneously. I have an Arduino Mega

[Update] Finally after four years I can install FreeRTOS in my arduino mega. Here is a link

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Filipe YaBa Polido picture Filipe YaBa Polido · Dec 22, 2012

In short: NO. But you may give it a shot at: http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/09/arduino-multi-threading-librar/

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