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This toolkit provides a set of vis and tools we use at Wovalab when developping LabVIEW applications

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Version	1.5.0.196
Released	Jan 14, 2025
Publisher	Wovalab
License	BSD 3-clause
LabVIEW Version	LabVIEW>=14.0
Operating System	Windows, Mac, and Linux
Project links	Homepage Documentation Repository Discussion

Description

Content overview

Helper Loop Periodic Timing

This API provides a set of VI to time Helepr Loops.

You'll be able to:

* Set a period of execution
* Get information on late execution
* Configure late execution with different modes
* Configure the maximum number of execution the helper loop
* Open a monitoring window that shows information from all helper loops

NOTE: The execution will be as steady as a non-real-time operating system can allow and with no time drift.

TIP: The API provides extended examples to understand how to use the API and what behavior you can expect.

Release Notes

1.5.0.196 (Jan 14, 2025)

Feature

* New monitoring window -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/20

Fixes

* Typo -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/17
* Typo -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/18
* Fixed reset behavior when setting the period -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/19

wovalab , eberaud and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.4.1.111 (Jul 19, 2024)

IMPORTANT: This version fixes an issue that was preventing you from building EXE when using the Helper Loop Timing API.

Fix

* VIs used to add property nodes in the function palette are no longer part of the class -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/16

wovalab was a contributor to this release

1.4.0.106 (Jul 18, 2024)

New

* You can now access the value of the current period through a property node -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/15

Changes

* Number of execution counter is now reset when the helper loop is stopped -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/14

wovalab and olivier_jourdan were contributors to this release

1.3.0.92 (May 14, 2024)

NOTE: This version fixes an important time drift issue.

New

* Handle late execution with 3 different modes. Note the this new feature also fixes animportant drift issue of older version -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/11
* Optionally set the maximum number of iterations to execute -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/12

Changes

* API public icons now have the same sizes and colors -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/7

Fixes

* Previous versions were affected by a time drift issue. This issue is fixed. -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/7

wovalab , olivier_jourdan , petrutarabuta and jashcroft123 were contributors to this release

1.2.0.52 (Dec 29, 2023)

CAUTION: Users of the previous version will need to relink functions in their code due to renaming in this version.

New

* Add a "place content" function in the palette to quickly create a Helper Loop with periodic timing -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/10

Changes

* The lvlib containing the functions has been renamed to prevent redundant words -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/8

Fixes

* The U32 timer reset is now correctly handled. It will prevent possible incorrect periodic execution -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/7

wovalab , olivier_jourdan and petrutarabuta were contributors to this release

1.1.0.40 (Nov 28, 2023)

This version adds some great improvement in the periodic timing behavior.

CAUTION: Users of the previous version will need to relink functions in their code due to renaming in this version.

New

* Add a `First Execution Since Period Modification?` output to the `Get Timeout` function. This can be useful to trigger some initialization code -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/5

Changes

* Change first execution behavior -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/2
* API name is now `Helper Loop Periodic Timing` instead of `Helper Loop Timing` -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/1
* Rename "Obtain Timeout" to "Get Timeout" -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/4

Fixes

* The `Late?` output in `Get Timeout` function now gives correct information when the first `Timeout` case executes after the update of the Helper Loop period.
* Many misspellings a have been fixed -> https://gitlab.com/wovalab/open-source/utilities/-/issues/6