Aren't FSM's, objects, languages, & everything else just tools of the trade that are to be used where applicable? Everybody has their own style and...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 1, 2007 4:52 pm
don clay said: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:31 AM ... There is truth in what you say, languages objects etc. are all tools. If you want to bit banging from the...
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David Wyland
dcwjobs2004
Jun 1, 2007 4:54 pm
Hi Chuck.. I like your circuit. You charge up to a fixed voltage and discharge exponentially through a resistor. You measure the time to the point where the...
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Ed Okerson
phoneguin
Jun 1, 2007 5:30 pm
Randy, ... Ah, but there is a multitasker, it is just hidden from the programmer by the OS/language processor/kernel or whatever you call it. ... Are you...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 1, 2007 6:38 pm
... This misses the point. The code generated living in the IsoMax(TM) paradigm has no backwards branches. As a result, all FSM's are short "run to completion"...
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Ed Okerson
phoneguin
Jun 1, 2007 8:01 pm
... I assume you mean that they all run in some loop, so how do these threads maintain state between runs? ... The key word in that sentance is "schedules",...
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Dave Hylands
dhylands_99
Jun 1, 2007 8:48 pm
Hi Randy, ... Best possible - probably not, maybe even not the best possible today. But it is definitely the one that seems to be the most prevalent, at least...
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don clay
dwc309
Jun 1, 2007 9:19 pm
Well, I will learn ISOMax. When I have learned it, I will add it to my toolbox. When a task is before me, I attempt to apply the correct tool to do the job...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 1, 2007 10:08 pm
Ed Okerson said: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:04 PM ... Each state machine when created by the language gets an execution vector. This vector is essentially a...
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Ed Okerson
phoneguin
Jun 2, 2007 3:16 am
... OK, so you have a list of function pointers that get called in succession, what happens at the end of each function? Does it know the address of the next...
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PeterBalch
prbalch
Jun 2, 2007 3:16 pm
Doug Bell wrote ... Sure. But he's using an analogue MUX which, I think, means that he could use the same "upper" resistors for all of the sensors. Here's what...
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PeterBalch
prbalch
Jun 2, 2007 3:18 pm
... That is indeed the circuit I described but I didn't claim that it was logarithmic. The response doesn't have to be exactly logarithmic. All that is...
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Prindi Wibowo
prinwibowo
Jun 2, 2007 4:59 pm
hello everybody in seattlerobotics. I have just finished myself fire fighting robot. but I have one problem. that is, i don`t know how to make robot back to...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 3, 2007 6:48 pm
Ed Okerson said: Friday, June 01, 2007 10:23 PM ... We have a list that is a machine chain. It is (currently) implemented just as a Forth word would be,...
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Tom Capon
robot_mechan...
Jun 3, 2007 9:00 pm
Randy, your machine chain "scheduler" sounds very much like what I have written as a C library for my dsPIC projects. There is an interrupt that runs a list...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 3, 2007 9:23 pm
Dave Hylands said: Friday, June 01, 2007 3:48 PM ... True, so it seems. It's OT, but to meantion an original prediction I am fond of: I expect a huge future...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 3, 2007 10:16 pm
don clay said: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:19 PM ... Yes true and well said. I don't think I'd like to do a big video or vision processing routine in IsoMax(TM)...
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Ed Okerson
phoneguin
Jun 3, 2007 11:53 pm
... And how is this different from C? C functions in exactly the same way, when you return from a function execution continues on the line after the function...
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Ed Okerson
phoneguin
Jun 4, 2007 3:09 am
... C, in and of itself, is not terse. C programmers are. You can use variable and function names as long as you like, they only require more keystrokes to...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 4, 2007 3:10 am
Ed Okerson replied: Sunday, June 03, 2007 6:59 PM ... Yes, the same. ... Correct. Not that they aren't there, but that they are required not to be used on...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 4, 2007 3:15 am
Tom Capon wrote: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:00 PM ... Yes. Sounds very similar. ... IsoMax(TM) runs a single timer task background, approximating how PLC's use...
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Mike Payson
mpayson
Jun 4, 2007 3:18 am
Wu Yulu, a struggling farmer and father of two, would not be regarded by most people as a success story. At 42 years of age he has destroyed his family home,...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jun 4, 2007 3:20 am
Ed Okerson reported: Sunday, June 03, 2007 10:14 PM ... Yes, I think you're right Ed. I also wonder if C didn't succeed because it was lower case. Less care...
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Jose Torres
vonneh@...
Jun 4, 2007 3:45 am
WOW!!!! The middle of that video is amazing. I'm not going to ruin the surprise but I highly recommend anyone who has a chance to watch that video. - Jose...
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Dave Hylands
dhylands_99
Jun 4, 2007 4:59 am
Hi Randy, ... Huh? I don't see how busy-waiting has anything to do with Structured Programming. ... I also don't the argument for forward branches or backwards...
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Stephen Noel
stephennoel944
Jun 4, 2007 2:55 pm
Wow. Check out the ingenious use of a chest-mounted flywheel to keep the thing balanced when not rolling. ...
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dpa_io
Jun 4, 2007 3:52 pm
Cool! I've used Murata gyros for some balancing applications, very nice stuff, 2 axis, temperature compensated, shock resistant, etc. Since it appears that the...
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Richard Greenway
fenagogue
Jun 4, 2007 7:12 pm
It's Monday! And that means it's time again for the SRS Monday Night Chat. The Seattle Robotics Society hosts a "Monday Night Chat" each week. Starting at 7pm...
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rcrichton@...
parnslayer
Jun 4, 2007 9:40 pm
Hello! I don't recall if this is frowned upon in the forum, but my employer is looking for DSP/Embedded Systems Engineers and Programmers in Virginia. If...
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Lliam
lliam0002
Jun 5, 2007 2:21 am
Hello again and thanks for all the useful info. I have been lucky enough to find a "broken" ( missing a button) optical mouse with a PS2 connector. Am I...
