A C++ Timer running in it's own thread (QT Creator C++ with GUI)
Timers are for when you want to do something once in the future - tickers are for when you want to do something repeatedly at regular intervals. Here’s an example of a ticker that ticks periodically and has a controllable / variable ticking rate.
- Download the archive titled "VariableSpeedClock.zip" Click link to download.
- Extract the archive
- Open the extracted folder in terminal
- Type the following command into terminal
./VSClock
- The open application will look like the image below.