Adaptively controlling the dead time responsive to the stored indications can further include decreasing the dead time responsive to one or more indications that the dead time is too long and/or increasing the dead time responsive to one or more indications that the dead time is too short. One or more indications that the dead time is too long can be a majority of the stored indications, a supermajority of the stored indications, or a selected number of sequential indications that the dead time is too long. One or more indications that the dead time is too short can be a majority of the stored indications, a supermajority of the stored indications, or a selected number of sequential indications that the dead time is too short.