refreshInterval less than 1 second

[poetaman]

I know this might sound crazy for a dashboard, but some modules can happily take a refresh rate of less than 1 second. It can be a stopwatch for instance...

[noxer]

Maybe this could be implemented by adding a refreshUnit field to the common config and then multiplying refreshInterval with it.

Basically a string that will be parsed into a duration. When the unit is not set or can't be parsed, '1s' is assumed, leading to the default behavior. Otherwise the two values are multiplied.

Otherwise we could use a float to handle the config and rewriting the scheduler to convert it into nanoseconds.

Both ways shouldn't require anyone to touch their config.

[senorprogrammer]

Before tackling this problem at all, I'd like to see a few valid use-cases for a faster refresh rate that have a practical application. I'm not yet convinced this is a problem that needs to be solved.

[poetaman]

@senorprogrammer I commented there: #1120 (comment)

[senorprogrammer]

Solved by @ResamVi. Configurations now support an optional time unit, ie: 50ms, 5s, etc. A lone integer (ie: 20) will still be interpreted as seconds.

[poetaman]

@senorprogrammer @ResamVi Thanks, works well!!!