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Unread 09-01-2009, 12:46
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Re: Monitor cRIO CPU level

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Don't go over 100%.

Seriously, unused CPU cycles are of no value. There's no benefit to limiting yourself to only a fraction of the available processing power.
I'm not sure how good the vxWorks scheduler is, but wouldn't you want to leave a couple of percent left so that the processes that need to be responsive, like the one that talks to the DS, can be scheduled easier and on time?