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Karen O · 18th Jul 2011, 11:59 am

I'm rather hoping that CF cards behave like memory chips and obediently cough up bytes on demand. But if they need handshaking and I have to resort to PC-style buffering then I will lose interest. I'll probably crank down the speed by a couple of orders of magnitude and turn the thing into a cassette player!

I am first and foremost a DSP engineer. I hate the 'goes-as-fast-as-it-goes' disease that has gripped electronics. I hate caching (sure it will work great - MOST of the time). And I hate the whole PC thing with emphasis on throughput but with lousy turn-around (so a PC can handle high definition TV but can't address a simple 1kHz control loop application).

Sorry, I had to rant at someone today - someone just suggested I program DSPs in Java!!!!!!

18th Jul 2011, 11:59 am	#47
Karen O Rest in Peace Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK. Posts: 787	Re: Simple memory card player idea I'm rather hoping that CF cards behave like memory chips and obediently cough up bytes on demand. But if they need handshaking and I have to resort to PC-style buffering then I will lose interest. I'll probably crank down the speed by a couple of orders of magnitude and turn the thing into a cassette player! I am first and foremost a DSP engineer. I hate the 'goes-as-fast-as-it-goes' disease that has gripped electronics. I hate caching (sure it will work great - MOST of the time). And I hate the whole PC thing with emphasis on throughput but with lousy turn-around (so a PC can handle high definition TV but can't address a simple 1kHz control loop application). Sorry, I had to rant at someone today - someone just suggested I program DSPs in Java!!!!!!