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I wonder if at the time this was a bleeding-edge factory that was adopting these state-of-the-art practices and it has stayed that way since? Or did it only ju
by mattlondon 3y ago
I wonder if at the time this was a bleeding-edge factory that was adopting these state-of-the-art practices and it has stayed that way since? Or did it only just get the tape cassette in 2003? :)
Interesting. I wonder if non-tape- based things are any more efficient, or is the z80 based system peak-tech for weaving.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoProbably what you said in your first sentence. At the time of manufacture, Z-80 CPU was the standard for controllers like that. In 2023, your first design pass would probably be an STM32 for real time control and possibly a PC as a UI, or a tablet if the UI needed to be portable. STM32 for real time control and a Linux SoM for GUI/database is a pretty common pattern used for industrial control these days.