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* There is no RTIC 0.6, only several RCs.
* Timers without interrupts (like the DWT cycle counter alone) will not be useful for `Monotonic` impls.
* Clarified some of the descriptions of the various implementations.
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@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Implementing time counting that supports large time spans is generally **difficu
implementing time handling was a common problem.
Moreover, the relation between time and timers used for scheduling was difficult to understand.
For RTIC 0.6 we instead assume the user has a time library, e.g. [`fugit`] or [`embedded_time`],
For RTIC 1.0 we instead assume the user has a time library, e.g. [`fugit`] or [`embedded_time`],
as the basis for all time-based operations when implementing `Monotonic`.
This makes it almost trivial to implement the `Monotonic` trait allowing the use of any timer in
the system for scheduling.
This makes it much easier to correctly implement the `Monotonic` trait allowing the use of
almost any timer in the system for scheduling.
The trait documents the requirements for each method,
and for inspiration here is a list of `Monotonic` implementations:
@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ and for inspiration here is a list of `Monotonic` implementations:
- [`STM32F411 series`], implemented for the 32-bit timers
- [`Nordic nRF52 series Timer`], implemented for the 32-bit timers
- [`Nordic nRF52 series RTC`], implemented for the RTCs
- [`Systick based`], runs at a fixed rate - some overhead but simple
- [`DWT and Systick based`], a more efficient `Systick` based implementation, but requires `DWT`
- [`Systick based`], runs at a fixed interrupt (tick) rate - with some overhead but simple and with support for large time spans
- [`DWT and Systick based`], a more efficient (tickless) implementation - requires both `SysTick` and `DWT`, supports both high resolution and large time spans
If you know of more implementations feel free to add them to this list.