The term real time is subjective in this context anyhow. There is always
going to be latency, it is just a matter of how much you can put up with.
After all we're not talking about some medical device, or Automobile
control system. UAV ?

But looking at this from an automobile perspective, you have a main
computer system with many MCU's Performing sometimes critical tasks, and
communicating back and forth with this main system via CANBus.

The OP really needs to define "Robot" more clearly. I mean we're not
talking about an AT-AT walker model with stepper motors, while also having
the ability to walk around are we ? . . .


On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Jerry Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have used BBB, RPi, and arduino.
> >
> > arduino is closer to real-time if you need that. However, it does only
> what
> > is programmed in C in a loop fashion. There is a setup() function and
> loop()
> > function.
> > just about everything is done in the loop. If you need tight integration
> > (real-time) with some piece of hardware, then arduino is the way to go.
>
> Unless you use the "pru" on the bbb.. ;)
>
> Regards,
>
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