Re: [riot-devel] Timers

2018-01-24 Thread PyroPeter
Hi, to make matters even more complicated: Timers and PWM are the same thing on most platforms. It would be nice if one could choose whether to use interrupts or PWM pins or both per timer. (e.g. using both the interrupt and a PWM pin enables one to bitbang the protocol of WS2812 LEDs very

[riot-devel] Timers

2018-01-24 Thread Kaspar Schleiser
Hi all, I guess it is time to coordinate improving RIOT's timers - again. IMO xtimer is a dead end. It was designed with good intentions, but unfortunately with not much real-world experience. It has also (d)evolved into a complex and inflexible #ifdef-mess... Here's what I think is bad about