Inconsistent timing between keyboard.getKeys and keyboard.clock.getTime

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My PI found a solution to the mysterious time lag :slight_smile:

The default of kb.getKeys() is waitRelease = True and setting it to False eliminates the problem.
To me the documentation of this argument is not totally clear, but it seems that with waitRelease = True the RT is the starting time of the key press. time1 and time2, measured with kb.clock.getTime() is about the sum of the RT and the duration saved with kb.getKeys(). The execution of the kb.clock.getTime() seems to wait until the key is released.

With waitRelease = False the RT of kb.getKeys() seems to be the starting time of the key press.

Here Jon explains the meaning of waitRelease and I think it is more comprehensible than the documentation.

Thank you all for the discussion and help!!