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Re: another comparison
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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:46:39 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Claude Baumann wrote:
> We have compared the sampling and computing speed of NXT and RCX. NXT uses
> standard firmware 1.03 and is programmed with the LabVIEW toolkit. RCX is
> programmed with ULTIMATE ROBOLAB. Both bricks do the same thing: computing the
> DFT on a small dataset of 128 points that are read from the legacy light-sensor
> on a shaft encoder that is rotated with a legacy motor. ULTIMATE ROBOLAB keeps
> the whole system running (managing sensors, sound, display, buttons,
> IR-communication...) e.a. all the things that the standard firmware also is
> doing; so there is no reduced funtionality and thus no tricky speed gain. Both
> programs are absolutely comparable. But the RCX operates the sampling plus DFT
> 22.8 times faster than NXT! This is intriguing.
> Beating the RCX is not that simple !
Now the new LabVIEW NXT tookit 2.0 that includes firmware 1.26 drastically beets
the RCX performance ( http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4435 ).
We repeated the experiment and now the NXT runs the DFT much faster than the RCX
with more features: power-spectrum (needs floating point data) with graph on the
NXT display; life graphs on the PC. Please consult the new experiment:
http://www.convict.lu/htm/rob/RFT_second.htm
So, congrates to LEGO and NI for this excellent programming work.
( Btw legoengineering (Tufts CEEO) offers free download of fw 1.28:
http://legoengineering.com/library/doc_details/250-nxt-firmware-v128.html )
Claude
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