User manual

USB TC-08 Help25

float * temp_buffer,

long * times_ms_buffer,

long buffer_length,

short * overflow,

short channel,

short units,

short fill_missing)

Once you open the driver and set up some channels, you can call the

usb_tc08_run

routine. The driver

will then begin to continually take readings from the USB TC-08. Use the

usb_tc08_get_temp

routine to retrieve readings from the driver's buffer periodically. The function must be called at least

once per minute to avoid losing data (the driver's buffer is circular, so the oldest readings will be

overwritten first).

Streaming mode

relies on the driver to buffer readings without interruption. If the driver does not get

enough share of the PC's processor time (the most frequent cause of which is too many applications

running at the same time), readings will be dropped and the sample buffer will be padded with

QNaN

floating integers.

Warning: The padding of the buffer is also dependent on the performance of the PC and under very

heavy processor loading, padding may not always be accurate.