Timers

Software Timers¶

This module contain the timers to handle time and timed events

class Timer¶

Timer()

Creates a new timer. The max number of timers is 8.

method one_shot¶

one_shot(delay, fn, arg=None)

Activates the timer in one shot mode. Function fn(arg) is executed only once after delay milliseconds.

method interval¶

interval(period, fn, arg=None)

Activates the timer in interval mode. Function fn(arg) is executed every period milliseconds.

method clear¶

clear()

Disable the timer.

method destroy¶

destroy()

Disable the timer and kills it.

method start¶

start()

Start the timer. A started timer begins counting the number of passing milliseconds. Such number can be read by calling Timer.get().

method reset¶

reset()

Reset the timer. A reset timer restarts counting the number of passing milliseconds from zero. Counting towards the callback trigger is not reset.

Returns the number of milliseconds passed since the start or the last reset.

method reset_trigger¶

reset_trigger()

Reset the timer and the counting towards the callback trigger. A reset timer restarts counting the number of passing milliseconds from zero.

Returns the number of milliseconds passed since the start or the last reset.

method get¶

get()

Return the number of milliseconds passed since the start or the last reset.