HI Well if you are getting it done in seconds on Matlab, then you likely don't need Matlab very badly. Around here a typical Matlab setup is indeed CPU bound for a *lot* longer than that during a normal work day. Two or three hours a day is not at all unusual.
Bob On Jan 6, 2013, at 11:21 PM, Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On 1/6/13 6:09 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> Ummm, errrrr you want to run Matlab and you are likely paying $100 an >> hour to whom ever is waiting on the machine. My *guess* is that a >> micro board of what ever flavor will do an arbitrary Matlab run in >> maybe 30 days. > Yes. > But any of a zillion PC clones will do it "fast enough". Think of all those > Tek and Agilent boxes with a embedded PC.. what do they have inside? > > That same run would take something large about 30 >> minutes. > > Nahh.. seconds on slow laptop, seconds on a desktop PC. Matlab isn't all that > slow. > > That of course assumes you can even get Matlab to load on >> something small. > > It doesn't have to be "small".. except physically. That's really what I'm > looking for. Physically small (mini ITX sort of form factor, or, for that > matter, laptop formfactor), but able to procured as an OEM sort of widget > (e.g. I assume Tek and Agilent aren't designing their own mobos to stick in > the back of an oscilloscope or VNA.. so what ARE they shoving in there) > > > >> >> An Ivy Bridge based PC with multiple cores can be built up for less >> than $800 in a fairly small package. It won't be single board, but it >> will be small. Not the fastest system on the planet, but pretty fast. >> You'll be paying a significant chunk of that for the Windows license. >> The cost of the Matlab license will be well above the cost of the >> entire system (unless you have some sort of crazy deal going). > > yep.. but a kilobuck for a Matlab license is just a couple day's time for an > engineer using it. > > Think of that nice Agilent PNA.. clearly it has some sort of small form > factor PC mobo inside... so what are they using? > >> >> Put another way, you'll pay for the more expensive hardware in the >> first week of use - why cheap out? > > > Precisely.. but I'd just as soon not be in the PC integration business, > finding boards to plug into a mobo, etc. I was wondering what folks have used > (or seen used) in this sort of usage model. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
