I noted that others were looking at and commenting on low cost solutions for TCP and related services as network controllers. One of the best...

I noted that others were looking at and commenting on low cost solutions for TCP and related services as network controllers. One of the best solutions today is the Microchip dsPIC and PIC 24. They are not 8 bits but 16 bits and share lots of great pic features. This is what you get: - low cost hardware - support for just about all interconnect you can imagine (no firewire though) - cots...

I'm shopping for a serial bus that will give me lots of bandwidth (10's of Mbps) and low latency (20 kHz update cycle). I'd also like...

I'm shopping for a serial bus that will give me lots of bandwidth (10's of Mbps) and low latency (20 kHz update cycle). I'd also like electrical isolation. An optical fiber transport would be ideal but some kind of high-speed opto-coupled or magneto-coupled system would also be workable. What's available? I've heard FireWire mentioned and see that it can do 400- 1200 Mbps, but haven't...