Clock is Trash

[finnjames]

The current tick() system is absolute garbage. I feel okay saying that because I wrote it, but it needs to be standardized. Perhaps some on-a-whiteboard type planning is in order so that we can keep the main logic well abstracted. One way or another, though, this needs to be fixed.

[finnjames]

One idea:

tick() is the main method called by the clock every 10 ms, and within it it calls the handler methods for all of the other logic, including:

• updating the stripchart: < updateStripchart()
• updating the gui clock and data < updateGui()
• updating the actual data storage < readData() > writeData()

Adding a lot more delegation could really help as well—each individual thing should likely be handled by an encapsulated object and not Threepio

[finnjames]

On the same topic, it is important that there is a disconnect between the refresh clock and the actual observation time—with each tick() there also needs to be a system time check. With that in mind, setting the duration of the observation needs to be implemented.

[finnjames]

Clock now based on system time, not the refresh rate (hallelujah)