Outputting Data Onto Computer Screen

[Andrew Schreiber]

What do you mean by image from the robot sensors? Do you mean you want to generate an image from sensors on the robot?

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

What do you mean by image from the robot sensors? Do you mean you want to generate an image from sensors on the robot?

The sensors would take in an array of data of the distances and then that can be turned into an "image". So each distance can be turned into a color, which can be easily put on the screen with OpenGL

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

The sensors would take in an array of data of the distances and then that can be turned into an "image". So each distance can be turned into a color, which can be easily put on the screen with OpenGL

This seems like a job for the dashboard. IF you decide to go with another program my suggestion would be to pipe the array to standard out and then read it in from a C++/Python/Haskell/C#/Language of Choice program that then outputs the image to the screen.

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

This seems like a job for the dashboard. IF you decide to go with another program my suggestion would be to pipe the array to standard out and then read it in from a C++/Python/Haskell/C#/Language of Choice program that then outputs the image to the screen.

Was thinking of doing that, won't that lead to memory leaks or buffer overflows since the robot and the computer are modifying the same data all at once

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Was thinking of doing that, won't that lead to memory leaks or buffer overflows since the robot and the computer are modifying the same data all at once

Why would your display program be modifying data?

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Why would your display program be modifying data?

So it can alter reality... LOL, yea you are right, why would it modify anything?