I disagree that worrying about timing is not a value add, at least for real time [1] applications. Worrying about the timing is absolutely crucial for applicati

I disagree that worrying about timing is not a value add, at least for real time [1] applications. Worrying about the timing is absolutely crucial for applications like servo loops. Making timing guarantees seems a lot more straightforward with an fpga than an RTOS. Controls folks and software people tend to have very different conceptions of what “real-time” means. I’m talking about a loop that must execute once every (say) microsecond exactly or things start physically breaking.