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

If you're polling for a condition, definitely do as others suggested and put in a sleep. I'd also add that if you need maximum performance, you can use a statistical trick to avoid sleeping when sensor data has been read. When you detect sensor data is idle, say, 10 times in a row, then start to sleep on each iteration again.