[ale] semi [OT] running a robot with linux

[Mike Harrison]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Ron Frazier wrote:
> The microcontroller makers are now raving on
> about how their chips have usb (at 12Mbps I might add) and ethernet (at
> 10Mbps) interfaces!  That train left the station 10 years ago.  That
> doesn't impress me.

It's useful speeds for microcontrollers at speeds and power levels
the rest of the electronics package can support. I'd rather have a
rock solid 9600 baud serial, than flakey GigE for a controller.
Hopefully in these cases, it's rock solid USB and 10Mbps ethernet.

And yeah.. I still deal with 9600 baud serial...