TP(9)

💖 TP(9) — HAL Component 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for TP, a HAL component in section 9 (that's the kernel/component section, iykyk). It's the IEC TP timer — the way it works is it generates a high pulse of defined duration on a rising edge. That's the whole vibe. Short king, but it delivers. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

tp — the IEC TP timer. She generates a high pulse of defined duration on a rising edge. 🎀

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

loadrt tp [count=N|names=name1[,name2...]]

so you load it with loadrt, and you get to pick either count=N or names=name1[,name2...]. pick your fighter bestie, both is not the move. 💅

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🦋 FUNCTIONS 🦋

• tp.N — updates the timer. this one requires a floating-point thread, no cap. if you don't give her a float thread she will not be serving. 😭

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💅 PINS 💅

• tp.N.in — type bit, direction in. the input signal. this is what goes in. 🍓
• tp.N.q — type bit, direction out. the output signal. this is what comes out. ✨
• tp.N.et — type float, direction out. elapsed time since start of pulse, in seconds. she's counting, bestie, always counting ⏱️

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👑 PARAMETERS 👑

• tp.N.pt — type float, read-write (rw). the pulse time, in seconds. set her and she'll hold that pulse for exactly that long. iconic behavior fr fr 💖

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🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Chad Woitas. thank you king, we appreciate you 🫶

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⭐ LICENSE ⭐

GPL — the good stuff, the free-as-in-freedom one 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! no gatekeeping here 🌈

sign-off time: this was rendered from the LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2026-03-17 — that's the source and the date right there, go off 🎀✨