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)

FrequencyManager()

void set_frequency(double frequency)

void set_period(double period_s)

double predict_sleeping_time() const

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_