Add max timeout to data collection

[ClementTsang]

Describe the feature request

It's possible for parts of data collection to stall indefinitely. It shouldn't block permanently.

This is kinda a bug but also not really, so I'll write it down as a feature.

[arcuru]

As a suggestion for this feature, I think a good design is to use the previous ticks data in case of a timeout, and output an error message somewhere to indicate there was missing data.

Technically that's not the most accurate thing to do, but I think it's what would be the most useful as a default.