got real timestamps on the sensor data
diff --git a/gyro_board/src/usb/data_struct.h b/gyro_board/src/usb/data_struct.h
index 8c069b9..156acb6 100644
--- a/gyro_board/src/usb/data_struct.h
+++ b/gyro_board/src/usb/data_struct.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // guards.
 // This means that it can not #include anything else because it (sometimes) gets
 // #included inside a namespace.
+// <stdint.h> must be #included by the containing file.
 // In the gyro board code, fill_packet.h #includes this file.
 // In the fitpc code, frc971/input/gyro_board_data.h #includes this file.
 
@@ -12,8 +13,14 @@
 struct DATA_STRUCT_NAME {
   int64_t gyro_angle;
 
+  // In units of 100,000 counts/second.
+  uint64_t timestamp;
+
   union {
     struct {
+      // This is a counter that gets incremented with each packet sent.
+      uint32_t sequence;
+
       // Which robot (+version) the gyro board is sending out data for.
       // We should keep this in the same place for all gyro board software
       // versions so that the fitpc can detect when it's reading from a gyro
@@ -36,23 +43,21 @@
           uint8_t dip_switch1 : 1;
           uint8_t dip_switch2 : 1;
           uint8_t dip_switch3 : 1;
-          // If the current gyro_angle has been not updated because of a bad
-          // reading from the sensor.
-          uint8_t old_gyro_reading : 1;
-          // If we're not going to get any more good gyro_angles.
-          uint8_t bad_gyro : 1;
         };
-        uint8_t base_status;
+        uint8_t dip_switches;
+      };
+      struct {
+        // If the current gyro_angle has been not updated because of a bad
+        // reading from the sensor.
+        uint8_t old_gyro_reading : 1;
+        // If we're not going to get any more good gyro_angles.
+        uint8_t bad_gyro : 1;
       };
     };
-    uint32_t header;
+    uint64_t header;
   };
 
-  // This is a counter that gets incremented with each packet sent.
-  uint32_t sequence;
-
-  // We are 64-bit aligned at this point if it matters for anything other than
-  // the gyro angle.
+  // We are 64-bit aligned at this point.
 
   union {
     struct {
diff --git a/gyro_board/src/usb/encoder.c b/gyro_board/src/usb/encoder.c
index 9277340..7b6d268 100644
--- a/gyro_board/src/usb/encoder.c
+++ b/gyro_board/src/usb/encoder.c
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
 // before reading the indexer encoder.
 static const int kBottomFallDelayTime = 32;
 
+// The timer to use for timestamping sensor readings.
+// This is a constant to avoid hard-coding it in a lot of places, but there ARE
+// things (PCONP bits, IRQ numbers, etc) that have this value in them
+// implicitly.
+#define SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER TIM1
+// How many counts per second SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER should be.
+// This will wrap the counter about every 1/3 of a second.
+static const int kSensorTimingRate = 100000;
+
 #define ENC(gpio, a, b) readGPIO(gpio, a) * 2 + readGPIO(gpio, b)
 int encoder_bits(int channel) {
   switch (channel) {
@@ -383,7 +392,26 @@
   }
 }
 
+static volatile uint32_t sensor_timing_wraps = 0;
+
+void TIMER1_IRQHandler(void) {
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->IR = 1 << 0;  // clear channel 0 match
+  ++sensor_timing_wraps;
+}
+
 void encoder_init(void) {
+  // Set up the timer for timestamping sensor readings.
+  SC->PCONP |= 1 << 2;
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->PR = (configCPU_CLOCK_HZ / kSensorTimingRate) - 1UL;
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->TC = 1;  // don't match the first time around
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->MR0 = 0;  // match every time it wraps
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->MCR = 1 << 0;  // interrupt on match channel 0
+  // Priority 4 is higher than any FreeRTOS-managed stuff (ie USB), but lower
+  // than encoders etc.
+  NVIC_SetPriority(TIMER1_IRQn, 4);
+  NVIC_EnableIRQ(TIMER1_IRQn);
+  SENSOR_TIMING_TIMER->TCR = 1;  // enable it
+
   // Setup the encoder interface.
   SC->PCONP |= PCONP_PCQEI;
   PINCON->PINSEL3 = ((PINCON->PINSEL3 & 0xffff3dff) | 0x00004100);
@@ -485,6 +513,10 @@
     packet->bad_gyro = 0;
   }
 
+  NVIC_DisableIRQ(TIMER1_IRQn);
+  packet->timestamp = ((uint64_t)sensor_timing_wraps << 32) | TIM1->TC;
+  NVIC_EnableIRQ(TIMER1_IRQn);
+
   packet->dip_switch0 = dip_switch(0);
   packet->dip_switch1 = dip_switch(1);
   packet->dip_switch2 = dip_switch(2);