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Unread 29-12-2012, 01:24
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Beta test teams: Has base processor utilization decreased?

Last year, I ran into issues with processor utilization when writing our code in Java. The default code's base processor usage was around 70%, IIRC, and it went up fast.

This year, to train new programmers, we're programming last year's robot in LabVIEW with the 2012 system. The default code had a processor usage of about 95% -- reading a single Analog channel at 100 Hz (granted, this was output to a front panel, but no other processing was performed) maxed out the processor and prevented code from deploying (due to starvation).

I note that we're not the only team to run into this -- there were threads here last year documenting these issues.

To anyone who might know (Beta Test teams in particular), has the default code's processor utilization improved?

Thank you for any insights.