B4R Question ESP32 - Are Timers are ignored while inline C code is processed?

[Tron71]

Using inline C to scan for BLE devices I have found that timers are not run. Is this correct?

I need to check the status of an input PIN while the BLE devices are scanned and setup a timer to run every 100ms to check this but if the input changes during the BLE scan the change will be missed.

Hope someone can help.

 

[Erel]

Using inline C to scan for BLE devices I have found that timers are not run. Is this correct?

Yes. It doesn't matter whether it is B4R code or C code.

 

[Tron71]

Are hardware timers and/or hardware interrupts supported in B4R?

Or can a block of inline C be assigned to run from the second core on the ESP32 thus freeing the first core to continue as normal.

 

[Erel]

Interrupts are partially supported. A library can handle an interrupt however the B4R code will always run through the internal message queue. You can implement interrupts in inline C code.

Running code in interrupts is problematic and requires deep knowledge of the internal SDK.

You cannot use the second core.