Can you make matlab do a beep every 5 seconds?

I'm making a chronometer on Matlab and i'd like it to beep every 5 seconds so the user knew that 5 seconds have passed.. Is there a way to make it ? Thanks !

Answer 1

[Jan]

This is a job for the timer:

TimerH = timer('Period', 5, 'ExecutionMode', 'fixedRate', ...
               'Callback', @TimerCallback);
start(TimerH);

function TimerCallback(TimerH, EventData)
beep;

Answer 2

[goerk]

 i=0;
 load gong.mat;

 while i<1   %endless loop
    sound(y);
    pause(5);
 end

It is also possible to use the 'beep' command instead of the gong (stored in y). Maybe it is more accurate if you use the the 'clock' function (then there is no drift dependent to the execution time).

 load gong.mat;

 while true %endless loop
     sound(y);
     lastTime = clock;
     while etime(clock, lastTime) < 5
        pause(0.01);
     end
 end