Re: [ANN] Player-Ada 2.0.3.0 released

["Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>]

Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

> Yes it is, but I actually meant the system architecture:
> 
> Sensors / Actuators
>   ^
>   |  DAC/ADC, I/Os etc
>   y
> Controller [closed, runs nobody knows what]
>   ^
>   |  RS232
>   V
> Extension board [open, runs Linux with an [Ada] application on]

That's it, and you explain it mroe clearly than me.

> Architectures like this were widely used in industrial automation 10 years
> ago. History tends to repeat itself... (:-))

At least the move to USB will simplify/cheapify new systems?

> Presently, it is no problem to bring a small embeddable 100MBaud Ethernet
> switch on the board and connect sensors/actuators directly to the robot's
> "LAN." The problem is that Ethernet/fieldbus-capable sensors/actuators are
> quite expensive. Ada were an excellent candidate for implementation of a
> middleware for "software wiring" of process variables in such a system.

Regards,

Alex.