Bats! HIIT is a simple but useful High Intensity Interval Training timer.

<b>Workout structure</b>

A HIIT workout with Bats! HIIT comprises a sequence of alternating rest (warm

up/cool down) intervals and work blocks. For example, a workout with two workout

blocks will look like

1) warm up 2) block #1 3) rest 4) block #2 5)cool down

Bats! HIIT always inserts rest intervals between blocks, and always includes a

warm up and cool down interval.

The length of the rest interval is configurable. By default, it is 60 seconds.

<b>Block structure</b>

A block is a series of work/break interval pairs; each work interval has a

corresponding break interval. For example, you might configure Bats! HIIT to

include 4 work intervals per block, with a 50 second work interval and 10 second

break. Such a block would take 4 minutes.

<b>Audio and visual cues</b>

Bats! HIIT always gives a warning consisting of 4 short chirps when you're about

to transition to a new interval. Every work interval begins with a single

high-pitched beep; break intervals begin with a descending, two-tone beep. Rest

intervals do not have an initial beep.

During work intervals, your phone's screen will be green. In breaks, the screen

will turn yellow. Rest is indicated by a red background. Your phone will also

tell you how long is left in the present sub-interval and how many work/break

pairs and blocks remain.

<b>Screen lock</b>

When you're exercising, you want to be able to see your progress without

unlocking your screen. Bats! HIIT prevents your screen from turning off, though

it does allow it to dim for power savings. This lets you know at a glance how

you're doing. Save/recall workout

You can save/recall/delete stored workouts. "Last workout" is automatically

created whenever you do a workout, and is restored when the app is next started.

<b>Pause workout</b>

If Bats! HIIT loses focus during a workout, your workout will be paused and will

resume when Bats! HIIT resumes. Delay locked loop

To ensure that your workout is accurately timed, Bats! HIIT implements a

feedback system called a delay-locked loop. Every second, when Bats! HIIT wakes

up to update the timer readout, it measures how long it was actually asleep and

adjusts future delay intervals to hit the target 1-second sleep interval. In

practice, this reduces short-term timing errors from more than 5% to about 0.2%;

since the error is integrated over the life of your workout, the overall

accuracy is two to three orders of magnitude better than the short-term errors.

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