data sender

[benjcarson at digitaljunkies.ca]

> Benj, the raster can take the points in any order now, right? So we can
> just throw the triangles into a FIFO.

We never got that working perfectly, if I recall correctly...  We needed to 
examine each case...  Using the data sender might be an easy way of doing 
so, however. 

> 
> I have the board here, but its been a while since I've tested anything
> on the actual hardware.  I have to redo the pinouts, because I can't
> seem to overwrite the pinout file and have it stick. I'll probably do
> that today.

Bummer. 


Benj 


> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 13:00, Ling Andrew Chaang wrote:
>> Jeff, 
>> 
>> so let me get the specs right, 
>> 
>> all you need is to send 3 pts... 
>> 
>> here's the idea I have 
>> 
>> pts in text file: 
>> 
>> 123.45, 345.00, 245.324
>> 324, 3576.23456, 100000.00
>> etc... 
>> 
>> if there is overflow in the number or decimal part, I'll simply truncate
>> the value... 
>> 
>> how's that sound, 
>> 
>> for now, i'll have my software mindlessly send data, but, we'll need
>> flow control... 
>> 
>> how many points should I dump to you guys at a time, 
>> 
>> Andrew 
>> 
>> 
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