Re: Sleep time resolution

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From: Leo Havm�ller
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:33

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"Detlef" <detlef.stute@seatec-gmbh.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> I'm using Win2K and like to communicate with a digital IO card with a
> frequence of 200 Hz. I'm using a thread to send data to the card.
> The problem is that windows supports only sleep timeslices of 10/15 ms (
> depending on processor) or Sleep(0).
> If I use Sleep( 0) my process uses a lot of processor time.
>
> Is there a way to create events or sleeps with a resolution of  5 milli
> seconds with an accuracy of +/- 1 milli second?

A multi-media timer may be good enough for this. Lookup timeSetEvent in MSDN
Library.

Leo Havm�ller.

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