On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:44:05 -0800, JL wrote: > I am actually running python on raspberry pi. The trigger event is a > button-press. > > On Monday, November 11, 2013 6:56:03 PM UTC+8, Dave Angel wrote: >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:41:58 -0800 (PST), JL <lightai...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > - If the event happens again before the 5secs expire, the high >> >> duration will be extended by another 5 secs. This works like a >> >> retriggerable multivibrator for those who are into electronics. >> >> >> >> More precisely a retriggerable monostable multivibrator. >> >> >> >> The question makes little sense unless you're running in an event >> >> driven environment, such as a gui. Name the environment and somebody >> >> can probably help. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> DaveA
How critical is the output pulse time? is it a state that can be polled to regularly & changed if the timeout has been exceeded or does it need to switch in the background? if you need to trigger & switch in the background you will probably need to start playing with threads or multiprocessing. greater detail on what you are trying to achieve project wise may assist here -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
