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Timer library (ProfileTimer) - times code on the Arduino
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| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,070 posts) Bio
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| Wed 11 May 2011 02:49 AM (UTC) Amended on Thu 18 Aug 2011 10:03 PM (UTC) by Nick Gammon
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| I have adapted the "Timer" class presented elsewhere in the forum, for use on an Arduino. This will time any "batch" of code, by simply using a single line. For example, to time "something" I might do this:
{
ProfileTimer t ("testing something");
something ();
}
The interesting thing here is that the entire work is done in the ProfileTimer class constructor and destructor. The constructor makes a note of the current time, and echoes the "start" message.
The destructor makes a note of the (new) current time, subtracts the finish from the start, and displays the interval.
You can nest calls (see example program) so you can time smaller bits of code while still Timer the larger overall picture.
The purpose of the braces is to "scope" the ProfileTimer class so that when it hits the closing brace it goes out of scope and the destructor is called.
If you simply want to time an entire function, this is not necessary as the destructor is called when the function exits.
eg.
void myfunction (void)
{
ProfileTimer t ("myfunction");
// do something lengthy here
} // end of myfunction - time elapsed will be displayed
Or to save typing in the function name you can do this:
void myfunction ()
{
ProfileTimer t (__PRETTY_FUNCTION__);
// do something lengthy here
}
The __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ argument returns the current function name, and its arguments.
In fact you can make a define to do that:
#define TIME_FUNCTION ProfileTimer t (__PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
So now you can just to this:
void myfunction ()
{
TIME_FUNCTION;
// do something lengthy here
}
The Arduino library can be downloaded from here:
http://www.gammon.com.au/Arduino/ProfileTimer.zip (4 Kb)
Unzip the file into your Arduino sketch "libraries" folder.
To use it just:
#include <ProfileTimer.h>
Example code that times analog reads:
#include <ProfileTimer.h>
void setup ()
{
Serial.begin (115200);
} // end setup
void readSensors ()
{
ProfileTimer t ("readSensors");
int a = analogRead (A0);
int b = analogRead (A1);
}
void loop ()
{
delay (500);
ProfileTimer t ("analog read");
analogRead (A1);
{
ProfileTimer t1 ("multiple reads");
for (int i = A0; i <= A5; i++)
analogRead (i);
} // end timed bit of code
} // end loop
[EDIT] Renamed from Timer to ProfileTimer.
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Greete
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| Reply #1 on Thu 18 Aug 2011 07:33 PM (UTC) |
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| hi,
the link for the library is not working, did you have another one? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Fiendish
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| Reply #2 on Thu 18 Aug 2011 09:08 PM (UTC) |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
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| Reply #3 on Thu 18 Aug 2011 10:04 PM (UTC) |
| Message
| | Oops. Fixed original post. |
- Nick Gammon
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| Reply #4 on Fri 19 Aug 2011 10:14 PM (UTC) |
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