RaspberryPi 3 pigpio not functioning properly in C++

Question

I was messing arround with PWM and wiringPi in C++ language, but I found out that there was a better library (might be the most updated) called pigpio. Since I was new to this I was trying to the the blinking test, to test out the functions. Now here is my problem, when I wrote the code to put digital pin to high and right after to low, with a delay in between, the led doesn't blink, it just stays in high value. The other problem I found out is that when I change for() cycle to an interval like for(i=0; i<10; i++) the code is executed like there is no interval, meaning the led should blink atleast 10 times but it doesn't blink even once.

I also tried PWM in that pin and doesn't work because of the problem with the for() cycle being executed instantly.

My code:

/* Libraries */
#include <iostream>
#include <pigpio.h>

/* Variables and Constants */
using namespace std;
#define LED 17
#define HIGH 0x1
#define LOW 0x0
/* Main function */

int main(void)
{
    cout << "Raspberry Pi initialized!" << endl;
    if (gpioInitialise() < 0) exit(1);

    gpioSetMode(LED, PI_OUTPUT); // 3.3V PIN

    for (;;)
    {
        gpioWrite(LED, HIGH);
        gpioDelay(500);
        gpioWrite(LED, LOW);
        gpioDelay(500);
    }

    gpioTerminate();

}

Answer 1

gpioDelay(500) is a 500µs pause, so your loop is executing 1000 times a second. The LED will appear to be always on (in effect at half power).

See gpioDelay().

Try gpioDelay(500000) for a half second on half second off blink.