v1.0.0

🚀 PicoTimer v1.0.0 — Initial Release

I am excited to announce the first official release of PicoTimer, a high-performance, non-blocking timer library specifically engineered for the Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) using the Earle Philhower Arduino core.

🌟 Key Features

• Non-Blocking Logic: Eliminate delay() from your sketches. PicoTimer uses polling to keep your main loop and UI responsive.
• Dual-Core Safety: Includes MillisTimerSafe and MicrosTimerSafe classes. These use RP2040 hardware spinlocks (critical sections) to allow safe timer manipulation across Core 0 and Core 1.
• Flexible Repeat Modes: * Infinite: Continuous background tasks.
  • One-Shot: Single-use delays or alarms.
  • Finite Burst: Run a specific number of times (perfect for blinking status codes).
• High Precision: Support for both millisecond (millis) and microsecond (micros) timing functions.
• Template-Based Architecture: Optimized for a small memory footprint and high execution speed.

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🛠 Installation

1. Download the PicoTimer.zip from the Assets section below.
2. In your Arduino IDE, go to Sketch -> Include Library -> Add .ZIP Library...
3. Select the downloaded file.

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📖 Quick Example

#include <PicoTimer.h>

// Blink an LED 5 times (10 state toggles) then stop
MillisTimer warning(100, [](){ 
    digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, !digitalRead(LED_BUILTIN)); 
}, 10);

void setup() {
    pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
    warning.update();
}

🏗 Technical Highlights

• Overflow Safety: Uses unsigned 32-bit arithmetic to handle timer rollovers correctly without logic breaks.
• Multicore Ready: Integrated with hardware/sync.h to ensure atomic operations when timers are shared between Core 0 and Core 1.
• CI/CD Verified: All examples are automatically compiled and verified via GitHub Actions to ensure code integrity.

📄 License
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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