Threading question

Ghettokon

in Integration and Hardware • 10 months ago

Hi, I am using the NXTComm library to run Lego NXT and it works great. However, there is one little thing that bothers me, every time when the program executes mynxt.motorForward(mynxt.MOTOR_A, -80) or other NXT related commands, the visual freezes for a brief moment. I was told to look into threading, is it possible to run the entire NXTComm class in a separate thread?

best,
Kyle

Replies(3)

PhiLho

Re: Threading question

10 months ago

Probably, although you don't "run a class" in a thread, you execute methods of the class in this thread.

Moved from Programming Questions, as it is specific to some hardware.

Ghettokon

Re: Threading question

10 months ago

Hi PhiLho,

Thanks for replaying (again). I tried to call thread("function name") in the setup, but it doesn't work with "class.method". How do I execute methods of a class in a thread?

PhiLho

Re: Threading question

10 months ago

Ah, I totally forgot new Processing had this function (which isn't in the Reference yet).
Well, either you use traditional threading, or you just make a public global function calling your method.