Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer,comp.realtime
From: vpu@wolverine.utias.utoronto.ca (Vince Pugliese)
Subject: communicating between processors in the same bus -- ideas??
Organization: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
Date: 15 Feb 94 20:08:45 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Feb15.150844.3090@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>

we currently have a multiple transputer (10) configuration housed in
a VME chassis with a SparcEngine acting as bus master. we are considering
adding a separate digital frame grabber board based around an Alacron FT-200
which itself has two i860 processors. the tricky part about this integration
is coming up with a scheme that will allow us to communicate the results
for the frame grabber to the transputer network. several ideas have been
kicked around from using the serial port on the frame grabber and "blasting" the
data to an rs-232 serial tram, to using the VME for passing the data.

what i would like to know from the transputer community is if anyone has had any
any luck/experience doing what we are trying to do. it may not necessarily have
to be with the exact type of hardware but any sort of analogous equipment would
suffice. any and all ideas/suggestions/guesses appreciated

thanks in advance
.vp




