Timer Example

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Re: Timer Example

by surfrider » 01 May 2021 05:12

Most software I have work on, when you create a thread or have a while loop it is always advised to have at least a very short sleep so the OS can to task switching during the sleep.
It depends a bit on the multi-threading system of the EV3 or cpp4robots.

Re: Timer Example

by cpp4robots_admin » 19 Feb 2021 07:39

I'm sorry, but I don't know.
I don't know any tool to find out if our application in EV3 brick uses the processor at 100%.
I don't know if other applications in EV3 brick are affected(slow down) by our process.

In any case, it is a very interesting topic for discussion.

Re: Timer Example

by surfrider » 18 Feb 2021 16:02

Is it needed/advised to put a sleep in the while loop? To prevent 100% CPU load?

Re: Timer Example

by cpp4robots_admin » 16 Feb 2021 08:38

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#include <EV3_Timer.h>
#include <EV3_BrickUI.h>
#include <EV3_LCDDisplay.h>


int EV3_main()
{
    using namespace ev3_c_api;

    T_TimerId idTimer = Timer_Start();

    while ( 1 )
    {
        if ( isBrickButtonPressed(E_BTN_ESC) )
            break;

        Draw_Text(3, E_Font_Normal, false, "Elapsed time:");
        Draw_Text(4, E_Font_Normal, false, "%.5lu", Timer_GetTime(idTimer));
    }

    Timer_Destroy(idTimer);

    return 0;
}

Timer Example

by Robot_Programmer » 15 Feb 2021 20:50

Can someone provide me with an example of using the Timer on the EV3? I would like to start a timer, and then display the elapsed time on the LCD display.

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