How to build the quickest Timer

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Hi,

I need a timer that will run in the background and call a function every x time.

But I would need it to perform a check every x time. This x time being as short as possible.

I managed to create one that went down to the milli second, using Windows XP. I was wondering what system/language I should use to get something quicker.

Any advice or hint would help

Regards,

Posted 1-Dec-09 5:33am

magpierre

Updated 1-Dec-09 5:34am

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Nemanja Trifunovic · Answer 1 · 2009-12-01T07:20:00

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Take a look at my article Timers Tutorial[^] to learn about different kinds of timers on WIndows.

However, CG is right - Windows is not a real-time OS and you can't expect accuracy under 15 ms.

Posted 1-Dec-09 7:20am

Nemanja Trifunovic

magpierre · Answer 2 · 2009-12-02T00:05:00

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Thank you very much for your answers,

The article on Timers is very helpful.

I'll keep in mind that I'll probably need to think about another System to get something reliable.

Posted 2-Dec-09 0:05am

magpierre