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Originally Posted by FadyS.
I'm sure every year, the robot controller will continue to be upgraded. Microprocessors are getting cheaper all the time.
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This is very unlikely. For something low-volume like the robot controller (a few thousand a year is pretty low volume), the majority of the cost is in the PCB design, writing the default software, and testing. The cost of the processor is fairly insignificant. I think IFI spent basically all of this past year redesigning the RC with the new PIC processor, and I'd be very surprised if they don't stick with it in it's current form for at least a few years. Designing and testing new boards with different processors isn't trivial - especially with the limited amount of time IFI has to work with.
If you have tried to write something that won't work with this RC because of not enough processor power or RAM or something, you might try sharing it here on CD. There's a lot of good software folks here, and they may be able to help you optimize your design so that it will work on the RC.