event loop has NOTHING to do with ticks
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:43 AM, Darren Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thankyou very much, that has answered the question,
> following on from that,
> - it must be possible to get smaller divisions than one-hundredth, dependant
> on the
> the event-loop 'processing' speed and the specific device. Although
> milli-seconds,
> (one thousandth of a second), might not yet be possible using such
> techniques.
> regards
> Darren
>
> --- On Mon, 17/11/08, Harald Schlangmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> From: Harald Schlangmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: AW: better timing than TimGetTick?
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, 17 November, 2008, 5:38 PM
>
> Darren,
>
>
>
> don't know if I get your question right…
>
>
>
> The time the event loop takes for one loop differs by the work that is done…
> A nilEvent will typically take less time (less than a tick) than e. g. a
> redrawing (probably several ticks).
>
> As I wrote below, a tick in PalmOS is 1/100s, i. e. increments 100 times a
> second, i. e. 100 Hz.
>
>
>
> Grüße, Harald
>
> -
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.gps-laptimer.de
>
>
>
> Von: Darren Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gesendet: Montag, 17. November 2008 10:42
> An: Palm Developer Forum
> Betreff: Re: better timing than TimGetTick?
>
>
>
> Query :
>
> is the event loop processing being timed at tick intervals, (1 loop pass per
> tick), or
>
> at clock speed of the specific processor?
>
>
>
> regards
>
> Darren
>
> --- On Sat, 15/11/08, Dmitry Grinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> From: Dmitry Grinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: better timing than TimGetTick?
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 8:08 PM
>
> High-resolution Timers are avilable on all PXA devices.
>
> See Palm SDK folder "hirestimerlib"
>
>
>
> On 11/15/08, Harald Schlangmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>
>>
>
>>  one tick is 1/100s. There is no better precision available in PalmOS.
>
>>
>
>>  Grüße, Harald
>
>>
>
>>  -
>
>>  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>  http://www.gps-laptimer.de
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>>
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>>  -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>
>>  Von: Hynek Sladky
>  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>  Gesendet: Samstag, 15. November 2008 17:47
>
>>  An: Palm Developer Forum
>
>>  Betreff: better timing than TimGetTick?
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>  Hi,
>
>>  I am porting one simulator app to PalmOS and I need to do real speed
>
>>  simulation. But I am not able to do it with TimGetTick because it
>
>>  usually takes less than one tick between two simulation steps. So I need
>
>>  to know more accurate time (eg. microseconds). Final device will always
>
>>  be OS5 (because of ARM native code of simulation core).
>
>>
>
>>  Is there any way how to get such information?
>
>>
>
>>  Thanks,
>
>>  Hynek Sladky
>
>>
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