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 21 of file system/CRateTimer.h.

#include <mrpt/system/CRateTimer.h>

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

virtual	~CRateTimer ()=default
	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 {1.0}

mrpt::system::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().

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◆ ~CRateTimer()

virtual mrpt::system::CRateTimer::~CRateTimer ( )

virtualdefault

Dtor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ setRate()

void CRateTimer::setRate ( const double rate_hz )

Changes the object loop rate (Hz)

Definition at line 20 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

References ASSERT_ABOVE_, and m_rate_hz.

Referenced by CRateTimer(), and mrpt::apps::RawlogGrabberApp::SensorThread().

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◆ 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 25 of file CRateTimer.cpp.

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

Referenced by mrpt::apps::RawlogGrabberApp::SensorThread().

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Member Data Documentation

◆ m_rate_hz

double mrpt::system::CRateTimer::m_rate_hz {1.0}

private

Definition at line 39 of file system/CRateTimer.h.

Referenced by setRate(), and sleep().

◆ m_tictac

mrpt::system::CTicTac mrpt::system::CRateTimer::m_tictac