# SparkFun EL Sequencer delay timing issue.

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968>\
**Category:** Development Tools\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968 "2021-10-29T16:53:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@nizer](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/nizer)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968/1 "2021-10-29T16:53:49Z")

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I have a SparkFun EL Sequencer [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12781](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12781) when I tell it to:

```auto
delay(60000); 

```

it does way more 1 minute. I worked it out and the way it is now is 1 second = 485 milliseconds. so 1 minute = 29100 milliseconds.

I was able to program the unit using this conversion. But not sure why this is happening.

I modelled my code off of this.

[https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/el … ample-code](https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/el-sequencerescudo-dos-hookup-guide?_ga=2.138250928.1422883219.1635525742-385989955.1606919339#arduino-example-code)

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**Author:** ![YellowDog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/yellowdog/32/1782_2.png) [@YellowDog](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/YellowDog)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968/2 "2021-10-30T01:10:39Z")

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Try two 30 second delays.

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**Author:** ![nizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@nizer](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/nizer)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968/3 "2021-10-30T14:00:12Z")

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Why is that?

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**Author:** ![YellowDog](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/yellowdog/32/1782_2.png) [@YellowDog](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/YellowDog)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/sparkfun-el-sequencer-delay-timing-issue/42968/4 "2021-10-30T18:19:56Z")

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[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/448 … -is-65-535](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44829385/why-is-int16-type-limit-32-768-if-16-bits-max-is-65-535)