start_new_thread

[arj]

I'm struggling to get code running on the second core.

A couple of questions:

1) How do you stop the code running once it's started with start_new_thread? Is it enough to break out of the function? When I do this I can't seem to use start_new_thread a second time.

2) Am I right to assume that you cannot pass a single parameter to a function with start_new_thread? I get a tuple error when I try sending just one.

Is any additional functionality being considered for utilising the second Pico core (I'm using v1.14)?

[Roberthh]

How do you stop the code running once it's started with start_new_thread?

Call _thread.exit()

Am I right to assume that you cannot pass a single parameter to a function with start_new_thread? I get a tuple error when I try sending just one.

You can pass a single element tuple: (value, )

[arj]

Thanks for the single element tuple syntax. That was one combination I didn't try.

I'm not having much luck trying to stop code running on the second core. Do I call the _thread.exit() from the main core or from the background running function?

Are you able to give a short example (on a Pico).

[Roberthh]

_thread.exit() will be called from within the newly started thread.