TickTimer

System Timer (mwx::periph_ticktimer)

TickTimer is used internally by TWENET for control purposes and operates implicitly. The timer interval is 1 ms. It defines only the available() method for writing processing that occurs every 1 ms in the loop() function based on TickTimer events.

Note that it does not necessarily become available at 1 ms intervals.

Due to the contents of the user program or internal interrupt handling of the system, significant delays may occur, and some events may be skipped.

void loop() {
  if (TickTimer.available()) {
    if ((millis() & 0x3FF) == 0) { // This may not be processed
      Serial << '*';
    }
  }
}

Methods

`available()`

inline bool available()

Set after the TickTimer interrupt occurs, and becomes true in the immediate loop() execution. It is cleared after the loop() ends.

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