thread get 100% CPU very fast

Question

I am implementing a very basic thread in C#:

private Thread listenThread;

public void startParser()
{
   this.listenThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(chec         


        

Answer 1

Because your function isn't doing anything inside the while block, it grabs the CPU, and, for all practical purposes, never lets go of it, so other threads can do their work

private void checkingData()
{
    while (true)
    {
        // executes, immediately
    }
}

If you change it to the following, you should see more reasonable CPU consumption:

private void checkingData()
{
    while (true)
    {
        // read your sensor data 

        Thread.Sleep(1000);
    }
}