I understand, jut thought it sounds funny :D The new miniature low consumption VIA boarts that run on +12V are about at that speed.
On 12/31/06, Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mario. wrote: > > >7 years advance equals to 2160MHz Pentium1, say 1500MHz Pentium3 would > >suffice. > >So, you are oficially not keeping the tempo with advance. Your machine > >is still behind the times (even if it does the job ;-) )... > > > > > > > > > Who needs that speed? EMC ran fine on my servo system with a 100 MHz > Pentium classic. > The only reason I need 600 MHz now is to support the *#&^$& graphics > bells and whistles > of the bloated KDE desktop, although it does recompile EMC2 a lot > faster. Also, HAL is a lot > less efficient than the old direct connection between trajectory and > motion of EMC1. > > Since I am not using software step generation, the processor is totally > loafing. Even with > all these inefficiencies, the entire servo calculation takes under 100 > us, every ms. So, > that is just 10% of the CPU. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
