Updating ac value for Qtimer

Question

I am using qt tool for mini2440. I make a gui for i2c adc having starti2c and stopi2c. All things are working well: it reads value of signal when starti2c button press, but I want this value to be updated. I know that Qtimer can be used, but how can I do it? Here is the code:

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# include <termio.h>
# include <time.h>
# include <string.h>
# include <sys/time.h>

HelloForm::HelloForm(QWidget* parent, const char* name, WFlags fl):

HelloBaseForm(parent, name, fl)

{

connect(PushButton1,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(starti2c()));
connect(PushButton2,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(stopi2c()));

}

HelloForm::~HelloForm()  

{

}

//*********************Code for getting i2c**************************// 
  char HelloForm::geti2c()
{

  char buf[100];                              
  char buff[100];     
  char valuee;

  int m1;   

  char con_buff[10];

  int fd=open("/dev/i2c/0",O_RDWR);

  if (fd<0)
  {

   Message->setText(" NOT ABLE TO OPEN THE DRIVER ");

   }

   else

  {

  Message->setText(" I2C IS WORKING ");

}

    int  io,wbyte,rbyte,i;

   //********i2cdetect and read************

   buf[0]=0x48;    

  buf[1]=0x00;   

  buf[2]=0x91;  

  io=ioctl(fd,I2C_SLAVE,0x48); 

  if(io<0)

{

Message->setText(" ");

 Message->setText("error ioctl");

 }

 else

 {

 wbyte=write(fd,buf,3); 
                   // write all three control word to arm 
 usleep(1*1000);

 }

 if(wbyte!=3)

{
Message->setText("error write");

Message->setText(QString::number(wbyte));

rbyte=read(fd,buff,10);    

//ADC->setText(buff);

sscanf(buff,"%c",&valuee);             

m1=int(valuee);     

return(m1);

}


void HelloForm::starti2c()

{


while(1)

{   

float adc_val=0;

adc_val=geti2c();

adc_val=(adc_val*5)/255.00;

usleep(1*1000);   

ADC->setText(QString::number(adc_val));   
  }
  }

//***********stop********//
void HelloForm::stopi2c()
{                        

   ADC->setText(" ");
Message->setText("Stopped");
}        

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Answer 1

Hopefully this will get you started - it creates a timer which times out every 1000 milli seconds. The timer's timeout signal is connected to the same slot that your PushButton1 is connected to - starti2c.

QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(starti2c()));
timer->start(1000);

That code should be placed below where you have your 2 connection statements.