Extracted loop timing and added refresh interval option.

Calendar/E-Paper.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Copyright by aceisace
 from datetime import datetime
 from time import sleep
 from Assets import datetime_locals
+from LoopTimer import LoopTimer
 import locale
 from DebugConsole import DebugConsole
 from settings import *
@@ -43,48 +44,49 @@ available_panels = {
     "month-overview" : MonthOvPanel
 }
 
+loop_timer = LoopTimer(update_interval, run_on_hour=True)
+
 """Main loop starts from here"""
 def main ():
     while True:
+        loop_timer.begin_loop()
+        start_time = loop_timer.get_current()[0]
 
-        time = datetime.now()
+        if start_time.hour in calibrate_hours and loop_timer.is_new_hour_loop():
-        hour = int(time.strftime("%H"))
+            debug.print_line("Calibrating outputs")
-        month = int(time.now().strftime('%m'))
-        year = int(time.now().strftime('%Y'))
-
-        for i in range(1):
-            debug.print_line('_________Starting new loop___________')
-            debug.print_line('Date: '+ time.strftime('%a %d %b %y') + ', time: ' + time.strftime('%H:%M') + '\n')
-
-            if hour in calibrate_hours:
-                for output in output_adapters:
-                    output.calibrate()
-
-            if choosen_design in available_panels.keys():            
-                design = available_panels[choosen_design]((epd.width, epd.height))
-            else:
-                raise ImportError("choosen_design must be valid (" + choosen_design + ")")
-
-            debug.print_line("Fetching weather information from open weather map")
-            owm = OwmForecasts.OwmForecasts(location, api_key, paid_api=owm_paid_subscription)
-            design.add_weather(owm)
-
-            debug.print_line('Fetching events from your calendar')
-            events_cal = IcalEvents.IcalEvents(ical_urls, highlighted_ical_urls)
-            design.add_calendar(events_cal)
-
-            debug.print_line('Fetching posts from your rss-feeds')
-            rss = RssParserPosts.RssParserPosts(rss_feeds)
-            design.add_rssfeed(rss)
-
             for output in output_adapters:
-                output.render(design)
+                output.calibrate()
 
-            debug.print_line("=> Finished rendering" + "\n")
+        if choosen_design in available_panels.keys():            
+            design = available_panels[choosen_design]((epd.width, epd.height))
+        else:
+            raise ImportError("choosen_design must be valid (" + choosen_design + ")")
 
-            for i in range(1):
+        debug.print_line("Fetching weather information from open weather map")
-                nexthour = ((60 - int(time.strftime("%M"))) * 60) - (int(time.strftime("%S")))
+        owm = OwmForecasts.OwmForecasts(location, api_key, paid_api=owm_paid_subscription)
-                sleep(nexthour)
+        design.add_weather(owm)
+
+        debug.print_line('Fetching events from your calendar')
+        events_cal = IcalEvents.IcalEvents(ical_urls, highlighted_ical_urls)
+        design.add_calendar(events_cal)
+
+        debug.print_line('Fetching posts from your rss-feeds')
+        rss = RssParserPosts.RssParserPosts(rss_feeds)
+        design.add_rssfeed(rss)
+
+        debug.print_line("Starting to render")
+        for i, output in enumerate(output_adapters):
+            output.render(design)
+            debug.print_line(str(i + 1) + " of " + str(len(output_adapters)) + " rendered")
+
+        debug.print_line("=> Finished rendering" + "\n")
+
+        loop_timer.end_loop()
+        sleep_time = loop_timer.time_until_next()
+
+        debug.print_line("This loop took " + str(loop_timer.get_last_duration()) + " to execute.")
+        debug.print_line("Sleeping " + str(sleep_time) + " until next loop.")
+        sleep(sleep_time.total_seconds())
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

Calendar/LoopTimer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+class LoopTimer(object):
+    """Manages loop times and sleeps until
+    next loop."""
+    def __init__(self, loop_interval, run_on_hour=False):
+        self.interval = loop_interval
+        self.on_hour = run_on_hour
+        self.loop_history = []
+
+    def begin_loop(self):
+        begin_time = datetime.now()
+        print('\n_________Starting new loop___________')
+        print('Date: ' + begin_time.strftime('%a %d %b %y') + ', time: ' + begin_time.strftime('%H:%M') + '\n')
+        self.__add_beginning__(begin_time)
+
+    def __add_beginning__(self, time):
+        self.loop_history.append((time,))
+
+    def __add_ending__(self, time):
+        current = self.get_current()
+        self.loop_history[-1] = (current[0], time)
+
+    def end_loop(self):
+        end_time = datetime.now()
+        self.__add_ending__(end_time)
+
+    def get_current(self):
+        return self.loop_history[-1]
+
+    def time_until_next(self):
+        interval_duration = timedelta(minutes=self.interval)
+        loop_duration = self.get_last_duration()
+        sleep_time = interval_duration - loop_duration
+        if self.on_hour:
+            time_until_hour = self.get_time_to_next_hour()
+            if time_until_hour < sleep_time:
+                return time_until_hour
+        return sleep_time
+
+    def get_last_duration(self):
+        if len(self.loop_history) == 0:
+            return
+        begin, end = self.loop_history[-1]
+        return end - begin
+
+    def get_time_to_next_hour(self):
+        cur = datetime.now()
+        rounded = datetime(cur.year, cur.month, cur.day, cur.hour)
+        next_hour_time = rounded + timedelta(hours=1)
+        return  next_hour_time - datetime.now()
+
+    def is_new_hour_loop(self):
+        if len(self.loop_history) < 2:
+            return False
+        previous_loop = self.loop_history[-2]
+        current_loop = self.get_current()
+
+        if previous_loop[0].hour != current_loop[0].hour:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False

Calendar/settings.py.sample

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ display_colours = "bwr"
 language = "en"
 units = "metric"
 hours = "24"
+update_interval = "60"
 
 
 """DESIGN"""