[Ovmsdev] Tick math

[J-C Saint-Pô]

adjusting time to UTC http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc
once a week when you connect to the server, is that a possibility?

2014-10-22 8:22 GMT+02:00 Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net>:

>
> +1, I like. Especially because MarkSecs sounds a bit rude...
>
> Of course, the final correction is that if we know every time we add 105
> to the count, we are off by 0.1424ms, then after 10 times we are off by
> 1.424ms, so we could just adjust the amount we deduct appropriately. 999 vs
> 1,000 and instantly 3 times better. That works even better with MarkSecs
> (which might as well be 60ms vs 50ms, as we are good for up to 65535 for an
> unsigned int16). At that point, we're more accurate than the clock on the
> PIC18.
>
> Every 104.8576ms interrupt, we add 6291 to the counter, knowing that we
> are off by 0.0076ms (0.4560 marksecs).
>
> Now, when counter exceeds 60,000 (10 interrupts), we have added 62,910 to
> the counter (6,291 ten times) and each of those times we were too low by
> 0.4560 marksecs, so we are 4.560 marksecs too low, so we increment car_time
> by 1 second and decrement the counter by 59,995. We should then be out by
> 0.007333ms over that 1 second. I think that's about 1/2 second a day.
>
> Or, using 1 marksecs as 50ms: for every 104.8576ms interrupt, we add 5243
> to the counter, knowing we are off by 0.02ms (0.12 marksecs). Now, when
> counter exceeds 50,000 (10 interrupts), we have added 52,430 to the counter
> (5,243 ten times) and each of those times we were too high by 0.12
> marksecs, so we are 1.2 marksecs too high, so we increment car_time by 1
> second and decrement the counter by 50,001. We should then by out by
> 0.002ms over that 1 second. I think that is about 0.17 seconds a day.
>
> Or, using 1 marksecs as 42ms (I just love the number 42, and in this case
> it gives us a very small loss of precision): for every 104.8576ms
> interrupt, we add 4404 to the counter, knowing we are off by 0.000456ms
> (0.0192 marksecs). Now, when counter exceeds 42,000 (10 interrupts), we
> have added 44,040 to the counter (4,404 ten times) and each of those times
> we were too low by 0.0192 marksecs, we we are 0.192 marksecs too low, so we
> don't need to adjust. We should then be out by 0.00456ms over that 1
> second. I think that is about 0.39 seconds a day, but we have solved the
> answer to life the universe and everything.
>
> Or, my maths may be even more wrong.
>
> Mark.
>
> On 22 Oct, 2014, at 1:38 pm, Gianluca Magalotti <gianluca at magalotti.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, so you every 104.8576ms will add 5243MarkSecs (just invented a new
> time unit) right?
> > And when the counter reaches or pass 50000 you add one second and
> subtract 50000 to the count.
> > This way you are over 0.0024ms per timer interrupt, roughly 0.022ms per
> second, that is less than 2s per day (that is, every 43690s we count one
> second more.)
> >
> > Please check my math.... But you won!
> >
> > Gianluca Magalotti dal mio iPad mini
> >
> >> Il giorno 22/ott/2014, alle ore 06:00,
> ovmsdev-request at lists.teslaclub.hk ha scritto:
> >>
> >> Sorry, in my P.S., I think I miscalculated the improvement.
> >>
> >> 1] Current methodology:
> >>
> >> Signed 16 bit integer
> >> Every 104.8576ms timer interrupt, add 105ms to the counter.
> >> If counter >1,000 treat it as 1 second and deduct 1,000 from counter.
> >>
> >> Accuracy: loses 0.1424ms per timer interrupt.
> >>
> >> 2] 50ms methodology:
> >>
> >> Signed 16 bit integer
> >> Every 104.7576ms timer interrupt, add 5243 to the counter.
> >> That is equivalent to 5242.88 50ms chunks.
> >> Difference is 0.88 / 50 ms
> >> Accuracy: loses 0.01760ms per timer interrupt
> >>
> >> Or, is my new maths wrong? Is the inaccuracy 0.01760ms or 0.12ms per
> timer tick?
> >>
> >> Confused, I am.
> >>
> >> Mark.
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