This looks like you are going to take up 100% of the processor time while
the device should actually sleep. Use e.g. SysTaskDelay() instead.
Concerning the application behavior I am not able to say anything from your
description.
Regards,
Jan Slodicka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Masters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: Timing problem
> Hello,
>
> I am writing a program to send a large amount of data
> through the serial port. The process takes about 20
> minutes.
>
> I call the following function when I need a small
> delay in my program:
>
> void pause(int pauseTime){
> UInt32 time;
> time = TimGetTicks();
> do{
> }while(TimGetTicks()-time < pauseTime *
> SysTicksPerSecond());
> }
>
> This works perfectly before the 20 minute serial
> procdure. Unfortunately, code after this procedure
> executes very quickly and ignores my calls to pause.
> If I restart the application, it misbehaves in the
> exact same manner from the beginning until I reset the
> device.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing
> this?
>
> The device doesn't appear to be going to sleep. (Which
> would mess up TimGetTicks())
>
> -Joshua
>
>
>
>
>
>
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