--- Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:

> > Yes, that is not that much. But I thought a USB
> communication 
> > is faster than serial?
> 
> (olin will probably answer specific to his proggers,
> but I can't resist)
> 
> - communication speed matters only when it is an
> important aspect.
> speeding up the fastest step in a process will not
> have much overall
> effect.

  Sound like programming :)

> - speed is not the only metric for a communication
> channel. latency is
> another one, especially for a protocol that was
> originally designed for
> a channel (RS232) that has a very low latency
> (especially compared to
> its speed).
> 
  Means that the turnaround time for each new request
send over the line. Just imagine a big highway but the
the space between each car is big. Speed == the number
of cars that you can fit into the highway lanes at
that moment of time. 

John  


 
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