And another repeat trial on the overtaxed system, but this time executing with higher priority (nice = -15):

1279058992.204795
1279058992.704795
1279058993.204795
1279058993.704794
1279058994.204794
1279058994.704794
1279058995.204794
1279058995.704794
1279058996.204794
1279058996.704794
1279058997.204794
1279058997.704795
1279058998.204795
1279058998.704795
1279058999.204795
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Which shows 2 microsecond accuracy again. Pretty damn impressive code indeed! Of course, I'd need some electronics to verify the accuracy (vs. precision) of the above, but it verifies software timing might be feasible even in the 100kHz realm, where I'm dealing with 2Hz. Thoughts?

In reply to Re^2: Any ideas for using perl as a simple pulse generator? by bfreemer
in thread Any ideas for using perl as a simple pulse generator? by bfreemer

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