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Andre wrote: |
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> Check out the open source paparazzi project. |
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> http://www.recherche.enac.fr/paparazzi/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |
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> and gumstix boards. |
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> _____ |
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> From: Jack Poulson [mailto:poulson.jack@×××××.com] |
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> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:17 AM |
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> To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-embedded] ARMs w/ Floating Point |
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> I apologize for the off-topic question, but I would like to become involved |
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> in the group and need to order an ARM board which actually contains a |
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> floating point register first. It will serve as the flight control system on |
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> a |
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> Unmanned Aerial Vehicle project for my college. Their previous attempt |
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> proved too slow, and I would like to set up a new system running a stripped |
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> down version of Gentoo. |
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> Does anyone have any suggestions for a chipset? Any responses are greatly |
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> appreciated. |
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> Jack Poulson |
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Just out of curiosity, why do you think floating point arithmetic is |
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necessary for a flight control application? People have been doing |
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fixed-point flight control and other real-time applications for at least |
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fifty years, and the hardware requirements for fixed-point arithmetic |
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are *always* going to be less than for floating point arithmetic. |
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Now floating point hardware may be inexpensive enough now that it's |
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*feasible* to use it for this application, but I really don't think it's |
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*necessary*. |
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