Merge pull request #35 from BiffoBear/add-timeout-to-op-mode_setter

Added timeout which raises an exception to avoid an infinite loop

Author: brentru

adafruit_rfm69.py

@@ -474,8 +474,10 @@ def operation_mode(self, val):
         op_mode |= val << 2
         self._write_u8(_REG_OP_MODE, op_mode)
         # Wait for mode to change by polling interrupt bit.
+        start = time.monotonic()
         while not self.mode_ready:
-            pass
+            if (time.monotonic() - start) >= 1:
+                raise TimeoutError("Operation Mode failed to set.")
 
     @property
     def sync_word(self):