Purpose of app_timer in NRF CLI library/example

[Tim Adu]

Hello,

I am experimenting with the NRF CLI example (brilliant feature). I would like to integrate it with my project, which uses FreeRTOS.
I've read a few threads that suggest that it is quite difficult to integrate the CLI library with FreeRTOS (mostly because of the timer implementations).

However I noticed in the CLI library documentation (https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/topic/com.nordic.infocenter.sdk5.v15.2.0/lib_cli.html#) that no timer is used.

My question is, what is the purpose of the app_timer in the NRF CLI example? Can the CLI library be used without the timer?

Thanks.

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

app_timer is used for running a second counter. The timer can be started/stopped/reset through CLI commands. 

The timer library is not used within the CLI library, if you implement different commands, you can leave out the timer.

Best regards,
Jørgen

[Tim Adu]

Perfect! Thanks!