File frequency_manager.hpp

Tools for enforcing a desired frequency in a loop.

Author

Vincent Berenz (vberenz@tue.mpg.de) license License BSD-3-Clause

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2019, New York University and Max Planck Gesellschaft.

Date

2020-03-22

namespace real_time_tools
class FrequencyManager
#include <frequency_manager.hpp>

Class to have threads / loops running at a desired frequency.

Public Functions

FrequencyManager(double frequency)
bool wait()

waits for the time such that successive calls to wait will result in wait being called at the desired frequency

Returns

true if the desired frequency could be enforced

Private Members

double period_ms_
double previous_time_ms_