severla bugfixes, new periodic op divider added

globalfunctions/PeriodicOperationDivider.h

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+#ifndef FSFW_GLOBALFUNCTIONS_PERIODICOPERATIONDIVIDER_H_
+#define FSFW_GLOBALFUNCTIONS_PERIODICOPERATIONDIVIDER_H_
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+/**
+ * @brief	Lightweight helper class to facilitate periodic operation with
+ * 			decreased frequencies.
+ * @details
+ * This class is useful to perform operations which have to be performed
+ * with a reduced frequency, like debugging printouts in high periodic tasks
+ * or low priority operations.
+ */
+class PeriodicOperationDivider {
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Initialize with the desired divider and specify whether the internal
+	 * counter will be reset automatically.
+	 * @param divider
+	 * @param resetAutomatically
+	 */
+	PeriodicOperationDivider(uint32_t divider, bool resetAutomatically = true);
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether operation is necessary.
+	 * If an operation is necessary and the class has been
+	 * configured to be reset automatically, the counter will be reset.
+	 * If not, the counter will be incremented.
+	 * @return
+	 * -@c true if the counter is larger or equal to the divider
+	 * -@c false otherwise
+	 */
+	bool checkAndIncrement();
+
+	/**
+	 * Can be used to reset the counter to 0 manually.
+	 */
+	void resetCounter();
+	uint32_t getCounter() const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Can be used to set a new divider value.
+	 * @param newDivider
+	 */
+	void setDivider(uint32_t newDivider);
+	uint32_t getDivider() const;
+private:
+	bool resetAutomatically = true;
+	uint32_t counter = 0;
+	uint32_t divider = 0;
+};
+
+
+
+#endif /* FSFW_GLOBALFUNCTIONS_PERIODICOPERATIONDIVIDER_H_ */