Detailed Description

A class for calling sleep() in a loop, such that the amount of sleep time will be computed to make the loop run at the desired rate (in Hz).

Note: [New in MRPT 1.5.0]

Definition at line 23 of file CRateTimer.h.

#include <mrpt/utils/CRateTimer.h>

Public Member Functions
	CRateTimer (const double rate_hz=1.0)
	Ctor: specifies the desired rate (Hz) More...

virtual	~CRateTimer ()
	Dtor. More...

void	setRate (const double rate_hz)
	Changes the object loop rate (Hz) More...

bool	sleep ()
	Sleeps for some time, such as the return of this method is 1/rate (seconds) after the return of the previous call. More...

Private Attributes
double	m_rate_hz

mrpt::utils::CTicTac	m_tictac

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ CRateTimer()

CRateTimer::CRateTimer ( const double rate_hz = 1.0 )

Ctor: specifies the desired rate (Hz)

Definition at line 19 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

References setRate().

◆ ~CRateTimer()

CRateTimer::~CRateTimer ( )

virtual

Dtor.

Definition at line 23 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ setRate()

void CRateTimer::setRate ( const double rate_hz )

Changes the object loop rate (Hz)

Definition at line 27 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

References ASSERT_ABOVE_, and m_rate_hz.

Referenced by CRateTimer().

◆ sleep()

bool CRateTimer::sleep ( )

Sleeps for some time, such as the return of this method is 1/rate (seconds) after the return of the previous call.

Returns: false if the rate could not be achieved ("we are already late"), true if all went right.

Definition at line 32 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

References m_rate_hz, m_tictac, mrpt::utils::CTicTac::Tac(), and mrpt::utils::CTicTac::Tic().

Member Data Documentation

◆ m_rate_hz

double mrpt::utils::CRateTimer::m_rate_hz

private

Definition at line 35 of file CRateTimer.h.

Referenced by setRate(), and sleep().

◆ m_tictac

mrpt::utils::CTicTac mrpt::utils::CRateTimer::m_tictac