Merge pull request #224 from LeeLeahy2/idle-test-sketch

Test sketch for idle count

Author: nseidle

Firmware/Test Sketches/Idle_Loop/Idle_Loop.ino

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+/*
+  Idle loop
+  By: Lee Leahy
+  SparkFun Electronics
+  Date: July 9th, 2022
+  License: MIT. See license file for more information but you can
+  basically do whatever you want with this code.
+
+  This example determines the count for the idle loop
+*/
+
+#define testTimeSecs              (3 * 60)
+
+uint32_t startTime;
+uint32_t idleCount;
+
+void setup()
+{
+  Serial.begin(115200);
+  idleCount = 0;
+  startTime = millis();
+}
+
+void loop()
+{
+  //Query module only every second.
+  //The module only responds when a new position is available.
+  while ((millis() - startTime) < (testTimeSecs * 1000))
+  {
+    idleCount++;
+    yield();
+  }
+
+  //Display the idle count
+  Serial.printf("Count / Second = %d\r\n", idleCount / testTimeSecs);
+
+  //Done
+  while(1)
+    delay(1000);
+}