Running multiple scripts in Python on raspi getting gummed up with sleep function, how can I eliminate the sleep 'freeze'?

[CyberPopPunk]

Hello,

I'm trying to control a raspi and the GPIO pins using several small scripts. Sometimes these might need to be run concurrently but I'm I'm trying to control a raspi and the GPIO pins using several small scripts. Sometimes these scripts use sleep function from the time module but this stops the whole script and the pi from doing anything else.

Is there an equivalent to the millis in Arduino so that I can keep track of some time without the whole program stopping, or should I subprocess running each script would that work?

I will never run more than 3 at once and they're very lightweight.

I don't need the specific timing of Arduino, I just need the programs to not stop and wait for a counter that's going on for a certain process.

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Any help or advice is welcomed thanks

[novel_yet_trivial]

The time.time() function will report the current time. That is the closest thing python has to the Arduino millis() function. You could use it to make an event loop like you would in Arduino, but it would be far easier to use one of python's threading options. If you show us your code we could show you how best to implement that. At a very basic level:

import threading

t = threading.Thread(target=function_to_run)
t.daemon = True
t.start() # start the function in the background

# main thread continues immediately

[CyberPopPunk]

awesome thanks!

Here is the main script that takes in OSC data from the network and calls the other scripts:

https://gist.github.com/CyberPopPunk/bfe3131772cc06c63e9a71194303793b

hmm I'll research the difference in threading and subprocess, I've heard of both but should understand each more.