Kaleidoscope/docs/plugins/CycleTimeReport.md

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# CycleTimeReport
A development and debugging aid, this plugin will measure average mainloop times
(in microseconds) and print it to `Serial` periodically. While not the most
reliable way to measure the speed of processing, it gives a reasonable
indication nevertheless.
## Using the plugin
The plugin comes with reasonable defaults (see below), and can be used out of
the box, without any further configuration:
```c++
#include <Kaleidoscope.h>
#include <Kaleidoscope-CycleTimeReport.h>
KALEIDOSCOPE_INIT_PLUGINS(CycleTimeReport);
void setup (void) {
Kaleidoscope.serialPort().begin(9600);
Kaleidoscope.setup ();
}
```
## Plugin methods
The plugin provides a single object, `CycleTimeReport`, with the following
property. All times are in milliseconds.
### `.average_loop_time`
> A read-only by contract value, the average time of main loop lengths between
> two reports.
## Overrideable methods
### `cycleTimeReport()`
> Reports the average loop time. By default, it does so over `Serial`, every
> time when the report period is up.
>
> It can be overridden, to change how the report looks, or to make the report
> toggleable, among other things.
>
> It takes no arguments, and returns nothing, but has access to
> `CycleTimeReport.average_loop_time` above.
## Further reading
Starting from the [example][plugin:example] is the recommended way of getting
started with the plugin.
[plugin:example]: /examples/Features/CycleTimeReport/CycleTimeReport.ino