[CCC DEV] REAL32 next steps

[Matt Jadud]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Matt Jadud <jadudm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Adam, all,
>
> I spent yesterday poking around the compiler sources, and it is not
> yet obvious to me where the REAL32 error would live. This is the

That said, CLJ and I chatted for a bit, and I'll also do the following:

1. Profile some representative code and get a sense for how big some
of these things will be... will we be able to write a Kalman filter in
occam on the AVR and run it fast enough to be useful in a control
system for a UAV?

2. If not, then we'll have to consider writing these things natively
and including them in via FFI. Filtering and the like can then take
place in C. We'll still have some things to think about (eg. how do
you make decisions in the control system based on REAL values? Do we
farm that out, too?)  This seems less ideal, as we end up in a space
where we have a "UAV firmware," and its harder for the students to
work on overall.

Either way... I will continue to explore/report here...

Cheers,
M