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Re: [ts-7000] Precision Timing

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Precision Timing
From: kurniadi <>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:30:09 +0700

you should try RTlinux instead linux standar kernel, download from 
http://www.fsmlabs.com/products/openrtlinux/

On Monday 21 March 2005 05:02, Jim Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, noone_1983 wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >   I was wondering if anyone had any experience controlling hardware
> > (in this case a servo) with the board that needed to have precision
> > timing.  The signal I generate on the output pin has to be a very
> > precisely timed series of pulses, and the nanosleep function just
> > doesn't seem to cut it running on the board.  Any ideas?
>
> This is Linux - Linux is not a realtime OS - so there are limits to what
> it can do which might mean you can't do what you want to do - maybe :-)
>
> You could have a go at changing the number of timer interrupts per sec.
> You could maybe go at 1000/sec instead of 100.
> And do some of your signal generation in the interrupt routine.
> But then again that doesn't guarantee you anything - linux isn't an RT OS.
>
> You need to define what your timing requirements are, what margin of error
> you've got. What happens if, because interrupts are disabled for a longer
> than normal period or something else, the signal you generate is no longer
> accurate - can your hardware cope, can things be corrected?
>
> If no then maybe use a PIC to do some dedicated signal generation and
> timing.
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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