Currently the time is calculated 8 times per second from (relatively) slow
python code. Optimize the power consumed by reducing the number of times
we check for wall time updates to only once-per-second and use native
code generation to reduce VM overhead when executing this critical code.
At the time of writing the difference is battery life has not yet been
measured (but we know the current master branch is worse than v0.4 and,
in theory at least, this should close the gap).
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel@redfelineninja.org.uk>
Create a simple time queue where actions (functions or bound methods) can
be queued against the real time clock.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel@redfelineninja.org.uk>
The code to recalculate the uptime to walltime adjustment was broken
(e.g. the longer we leave it after reboot the more inaccurate the time
setting becomes).
Fixes: 80079e4 ("wasp: nrf_rtc: Add a tiny bit of extra resolution")
We now have a couple of applications (stopwatch, Game of Life) that benefit
from sub-second precision. The micropython RTC/utime code for nrf still
needs a major overhaul but this allows us to paper over the cracks for
just a little longer.
Currently this supports time only (no date) and it based on the
RTCounter class which is customized for nRF ports. At present
the nRF port doesn't have proper machine.rtc support so we have
implemented within wasp instead.
