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Is there a benefit in delegating processing tasks?
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:03:16 GMT
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I have noticed low cost PICs (such as OOPic) that are capable of controlling
(and getting useful data out of) devices like the Polaroid sonar rangefinder
and other devices. Is there a benefit in delegating processing tasks such as
this to a secondary micro controller? I am relatively new to C programming
but if you could use these PICs to decode and format the data (perhaps a
string of data sent via serial) it seems you would save processing time
(allowing more resources to be spent on behavior logic). Is there some
pitfall to this idea that I do not see (other than increased complexity)?

Tanks,

Andy Loy
andyl@citlink.net



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  Re: Is there a benefit in delegating processing tasks?
 
The advantage of distributed processing is that you can take a sometimes considerable load off the main MCU. Consider a speed regulator: a sensor is needed to continuously monitor the speed at which the wheels are turning and adjustments in motor (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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