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Now, I'm not using timers in these programs, so I cannot say what is the<br>
influence of the 1ms wait in timer_manager.h. I have not looked at the<br>
code in details, but it look like this wait could be advantageously<br>
replaced by the following code:<br>
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int remaining_time = std::max((int)((sleep_end.toSec() -<br>
current.toSec())*1000),0);<br>
<div class="im"> timers_cond_.timed_wait(lock,<br>
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boost::posix_time::milliseconds(std::min(50,remaining_time)));<br>
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Is there any reason to verify that the time is not going backward at
1kHz?<br>
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<div>This is unfortunately not possible because of the ROS clock used
in simulation. If simulated time is going faster than normal time you
end up missing timer events. Building up a predictive model of how
fast time is actually moving is possible, but not high priority.</div>
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Thanks for the feedback. <br>
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I somehow feel sorry to loose at least 15% of the CPU time per node on
my embedded system for something that is only an issue for simulation
systems.<br>
What would make the most sense: separating the simulation functionality
from the (pseudo) real-time system, or add a global parameter that
define which type of system we are running? I would think the second
possibility is better and easier to implement. <br>
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I for one will definitely apply the above change to all my on-board
system. The gain is too dramatic to ignore. <br>
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Now, a bonus question I'm going to investigate now: is there the same
kind of high frequency threads in the rospy implementation?<br>
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