The Sensor Controller Engine does not support preemption, which means that one task code block cannot interrupt another task code block. While this is a limitation, it prevents actions of one task (for example SPI communication) from interfering with the measurements of another task (for example, capacitive touch).

A Sensor Controller task is typically executed in short iterations. It is possible to implement tasks that run for longer periods of time, but this will prevent other tasks from running during that time.