Java out of memory error, please help

[laptophead]

Here is the whole message;
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
Exception in thread "Thread-187" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

Running 1.8.4 on a mac osx 10.7

Attached is the sketch,
When I go in the serial monitor, is even worse,

I am using the teensy 3.6
Thanks a lot,
mitch

 

[manitou]

error usually occurs if you are printing "too fast" from your sketch. try adding delay(100) in loop()

if (customKey) { } is that really what you want, or should the closing brace be at the end of loop()

 

[laptophead]

Yes, that worked, thank you.

error usually occurs if you are printing "too fast" from your sketch. try adding delay(100) in loop()

if (customKey) { } is that really what you want, or should the closing brace be at the end of loop()

I was keeping that if for later, never realized it hang the system.