High CPU load at idle

[mfgarvin]

Frequently, two threads take 100% cpu time each, even at idle. Likely due to improper / inefficient threading configuration.

[tcgarvin]

I'm not 100% sure I'm reading this for loop correctly, but you might want to make this sleep statement happen every iteration. Otherwise this check will just run as fast as it can

[mfgarvin]

Good catch - that's one thread fixed

[mfgarvin]

Here's the other problematic bit. Not sure why, but something about these calculations is pretty cpu intensive.

DOC_Mapboard/main.py

Lines 357 to 362 in 6dbc3f7

	elif (style == "pulse"): # Sets an LED to pulse
	time.sleep(0.01)
	cos = breathingEffect(randomint)
	livecolor = (int(color[0] * cos), int(color[1] * cos), int(color[2] * cos))
	pixels[led] = livecolor
	pass

DOC_Mapboard/main.py

Lines 375 to 383 in 6dbc3f7

	def breathingEffect(adjustment): # Background code called by "pulse" above, supports the fading method.
	period = 20
	omega = 2 * math.pi / period
	phase = 0
	offset = 0.5
	amplitude = 0.5
	timer = time.time() + adjustment
	value = offset + amplitude * (math.cos((omega * timer) + phase))
	return(value)

[mfgarvin]

Pretty sure the issue at hand is that the math of the breathingEffect function just uses a lot of CPU cycles, and each LED thread that uses it starts its own instance, which quickly adds up. Not really worth fixing.