Use a timer instead of a loop counter

Loop counters are unreliable, use proper timers instead.

Fixes #2.

Signed-off-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon@madhouse-project.org>

README.md

@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ The extension provides a `MagicCombo` singleton object, with the following metho
 
 ### `.minInterval`
 
-> Restrict the magic action to fire at most once every `minInterval` cycles.
+> Restrict the magic action to fire at most once every `minInterval`
-> Defaults to 10.
+> milliseconds.
+>
+> Defaults to 500.
 >
 > Not strictly a method, it is a variable one can assign a new value to.
 

src/Akela/MagicCombo.cpp

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 namespace Akela {
 
   const MagicCombo::dictionary_t *MagicCombo::dictionary;
-  uint8_t MagicCombo::minInterval = 10;
+  uint16_t MagicCombo::minInterval = 500;
-  uint8_t MagicCombo::timer;
+  uint32_t MagicCombo::startTime;
 
   MagicCombo::MagicCombo (void) {
   }
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ namespace Akela {
     if (!dictionary || postClear)
       return;
 
-    if (timer && timer < minInterval)
-      timer++;
-
     for (byte i = 0;; i++) {
       dictionary_t combo;
 
@@ -56,9 +53,9 @@ namespace Akela {
 
       if (KeyboardHardware.leftHandState.all == combo.leftHand &&
           KeyboardHardware.rightHandState.all == combo.rightHand) {
-        if (timer == 0 || timer >= minInterval || minInterval == 0) {
+        if (startTime == 0 || minInterval == 0 || ((millis () - startTime) >= minInterval)) {
           magicComboActions (i, combo.leftHand, combo.rightHand);
-          timer = 1;
+          startTime = millis ();
         }
         break;
       }

src/Akela/MagicCombo.h

@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ namespace Akela {
     virtual void begin (void) final;
 
     static void configure (const dictionary_t dictionary[]);
-    static uint8_t minInterval;
+    static uint16_t minInterval;
 
   private:
     static const dictionary_t *dictionary;
-    static uint8_t timer;
+    static uint32_t startTime;
 
     static void loopHook (bool postClear);
   };