stopwatch features on calculators

[DavidM]

(09-29-2018 07:46 PM)pier4r Wrote:  Yes I know I could be efficient, start the timer, then quit the program, then enter the program and stop the timer, but that's overhead that sometimes is not in my mind so the 50g mostly runs adding fractions of a seconds without pauses.

Leaving the timer console running should be OK so long as you've got the 50g connected to external power. I've never tried that scenario just using battery power, but it should deplete the batteries at the same rate as any other continuously-running application.

You could also consider creating some simple RPL programs to start/stop/split given timers, as all of the stopwatch functions are programmable.