Merge pull request #13 from hstarmans/slowfix

fix extremely slow interaction issue #11

Author: brainelectronics

changelog.md

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
 -->
+## [0.5.4] - 2024-05-30
+### Fixed
+- sleep changed to microsecond sleep to speed up flashing
 ## [0.5.3] - 2024-05-30
 ### Fixed
 - fixed string formatting for compatibility with micropython

winbond/version.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
-__version_info__ = ("0", "5", "3")
+__version_info__ = ("0", "5", "4")
 __version__ = ".".join(__version_info__)

winbond/winbond.py

@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ def _await(self) -> None:
         # last bit (1) is BUSY bit in stat. reg. byte (0 = not busy, 1 = busy)
         trials = 0
         while 0x1 & self.spi.read(1, 0xFF)[0]:
-            if trials > 20:
+            if trials > 5E6:
                 raise Exception("Device keeps busy, aborting.")
-            time.sleep(0.1)
+            time.sleep_us(1)
             trials += 1
         self.cs(1)
         self._busy = False