From 84e987ee8f9f7a326093da669cf02ad653290dfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Haines <brendan.haines@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 16:11:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make data fetch happen in a second thread

---
 Software/python/hwtest.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Software/python/hwtest.py b/Software/python/hwtest.py
index 9020399..9ec0cfc 100644
--- a/Software/python/hwtest.py
+++ b/Software/python/hwtest.py
@@ -82,7 +82,12 @@ curdoc().add_root(row(controls, plot, width=800))
 # curdoc().add_root(row(plot, width=800))
 curdoc().title = "test"
 
-t = threading.timer(0.5,update_data)
+def control_thread():
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(0.01)
+        update_data()
+
+t = threading.Thread(target=control_thread)
 t.start()
 # while True:
 #     time.sleep(0.1)