On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 09:31 +0200, Nicklas Lundberg wrote:

> [comport] is communicating with an Arduino Nano over USB to control
> PWM pins.
>
> If [comport] is receiving messages faster than 50 ms Pd will freeze,
> has to be force quitted, system gets sluggish, and the computer has
> to be restarted.
>
> I can replicate it and it happens every time. I wonder if this should
> be reported as a bug or if it is expected behavior in the specific
> setting.


While not suggesting that I'd be able to help, can you provide some
more information, ideally providing a minimal patch that triggers the
behaviour?

Also what versions are involved: OS, Pd, comport?

Roman