Tick, Tock: Understanding the Neutrino Microkernel's Concept of Time

Whether you're working with timers or simply getting the time of day, it's important that you understand how the OS works with time.

The first thing to consider is: what's a tick?

When you're dealing with timing, every moment within the Neutrino microkernel is referred to as a tick. A tick is measured in milliseconds; its initial length is determined by the clock rate of your processor:

Programmatically you can change the clock period via the ClockPeriod() function.