Prevent overflow of dt in Integrator class

[RomanBapst]

Solved Problem

I was using the integrator class for a sensor which published at 12 Hz, which equals a dt of roughly 80'000 us.
The integrator dt varialbe was using a uint16, which overflows at around 65'500.

Solution

Use an uint32 variable.

Changelog Entry

For release notes:

Improvement: Prevent overflow of dt variable in Integrator class for sensors with low sampling rates.

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Updated: 2025-01-21T12:28:24