On 01-Oct-2001 Bart Kus wrote: > The variance for some time-deltas is sometimes as high as a factor of 10 > (note: I'm not using the statistical definition of variance - I simply mean > that a +edge -> -edge time can be 100us and then 1000us on the next press of > the same button). Sadly, this seemingly good mechanism doesn't perform well > enough to produce the kind of data I'd need for pattern matching. > > Perhaps actually managing to generate a SIGHUP would cut down on this > variance? > > I've attached the source for the test program for your reading enjoyment. > :) > Don't feel obligated to open it.
If you're making an IR rx/tx device I suggest you visit.. http://www.lirc.org/ They have 'dumb' recievers which is probably what you're using, but there is also a link for 'smart' one which uses a PIC chip to do the polling... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Sector/3863/uir/index.html You could probably fit the whole thing inside a D9 backshell. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
