thanks, but I'm not planning on using tkinter( i kind of hated using it) i'm sticking to just text based commands and a python script. also plotting may or may not be done, since it would have to depend on what is being called. Also the pyserial part has priority so i dont want anything to slow it down.
here is the solution found on
stackoverflow from the user Carcigenicate
from operator import methodcaller
class Spawn:
def __init__(self, _number, _max):
self._number = _number
self._max = _max
# Don't call update here
def request(self, x):
print("{} was requested.".format(x))
def update(self):
while True:
print("Spawned {} of {}".format(self._number, self._max))
sleep(2)
if __name__ == '__main__':
spawn = Spawn(1, 1) # Create the object as normal
p = multiprocessing.Process(target=methodcaller("update"), args=(spawn,)) # Run the loop in the process
p.start()
spawn.request(2) # Now you can reference the "spawn" object to do whatever you like