Lab 2 Check

machinelab test timer
machinelab run --headless -- build/examples/timer_int 3

Discussion Prompts

• Why does the timer API expose timer_ticks() instead of sleeping directly?
• What changes if your game updates at 60 Hz but the timer fires faster?
• Which timing values should be constants?

External Reading

• OSDev Programmable Interval Timer: https://wiki.osdev.org/Programmable_Interval_Timer
• OSDev Interrupts overview: https://wiki.osdev.org/Interrupts
• GNU C integer types: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Integers.html