On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Kent A. Reed <kentallanr...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > I love distributed control but it seems to me the sub-USD100 Intel > Atom-based integrated motherboards have sucked the air out of the room. > They're good enough and cheap enough. > When the P4 came around and had the horrible latency problems I thought the days of pc-based control may have been coming to an end. Fortunately, latency bothers all users, not just real-time users, and they have reduced latency problems. Although the SMI seems to be still an issue, which seems crazy to me. I have a little trouble understanding why Arduino is such a popular platform for gcode interpreters and motion control. They are expensive, inflexible and only suitable for step/dir systems. You still need a pc. At least the ARM boards have the potential for replacing the PC, but a Beagleboard is more expensive than a much more capable Atom. We are using Beagleboards for our autonomous robots, that is a really good place for them. Eric Keller Boalsburg, PA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
