Powersaver

[okdar]

Hello Guillaume,

Thank you for an excellent data field! I was thinking about implementing similar data field as you did and it saved me a lot of time when I discovered yours. It is exactly what I need.

For some long-time activities it is not necessary to update data field every second. I tried to implement some kind of powersaver function - data are calculated only in given intervals. I believe it can prolong battery life a bit. What do you think? I know that the most expensive operation is screen refresh but I didn't find a way how to re-draw screen only in defined intervals. It seems you cannot override every second screen refresh for data fields.

Here is my diff. Fell free to use if you find it useful. I can create pull request if you wish.
powersaver.txt

[gcormier9]

Thanks okdar, I agree that it would probably save battery life if we could update at specific intervals. However, I believe Garmin API force us to update display every seconds on datafields. Thanks for sharing the code. Guillaume

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On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:52 PM okdar ***@***.***> wrote: Hello Guillaume, Thank you for an excellent data field! I was thinking about implementing similar data field as you did and it saved me a lot of time when I discovered yours. It is exactly what I need. For some long-time activities it is not necessary to update data field every second. I tried to implement some kind of powersaver function - data are calculated only in given intervals. I believe it can prolong battery life a bit. What do you think? I know that the most expensive operation is screen refresh but I didn't find a way how to re-draw screen only in defined intervals. It seems you cannot override every second screen refresh for data fields. Here is my diff. Fell free to use if you find it useful. I can create pull request if you wish. powersaver.txt <https://github.com/gcormier9/GRun/files/5046127/powersaver.txt> — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADD7U7Z4QAYKTZBJAIBGW53R7WUGDANCNFSM4PYZZPNA> .