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Unread 07-08-2006, 11:32
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Re: VEX programming

I'm an old programmer, but new to VEX. It appears that EasyC system calls are all blocking functions. The basic loop time is what - 54 Hz, but every time I make an EasyC I/O call, it eats another loop time. After driving two motors and one analog sensor - a simple line follower - I appear to be down to 18 Hz. That's slower than the LEGO 20 Hz. Am I missing something? Is there another programming technique that doesn't waste the time? Would MPLAB cure my problems?