Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:01:30 +0200 | From | David Balazic <> | Subject | Re: An important fact about real time computing |
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yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 03:47:01PM -0400, David Mansfield wrote: > > David Balazic wrote: > > > > > > The first sentence my professor maid on the real time computing > > > course was : > > > > > > "A common misconception : Real-time computing is fast computing." > > This is the standard lecture, but don't take it too far. You can control > a robot with deterministic latecnies under 50 usecs, but not with > deterministic latencies of 10 minutes.
Yes , but not every process has usec requirements. Think house heating control etc ...
David Balazic
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