On 4/21/2017 11:18 AM, David Howlett wrote: > I have spent about two days tracking down an issue in one of my machines. I > am > streaming pressure readings from an i2c pressure sensor to a PC at high > speed. I > have reduced the problem to a small test case. To replicate the fault I > connect > the beaglebone black to a PC, connect to it with serial over the micro USB > port, > login and launch a command that streams data fast. On the PC run a program > that > collects the streamed data more slowly than it is being created.
This is expected behavior unless you are using hardware flow control or something like XON/XOFF to throttle the Tx side. Otherwise, if you transmit data faster than a receiver can process it, you will loose data. ...looks like you need a faster PC! ;-) -- Charles Steinkuehler [email protected] -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bd01aa4a-a01f-d4bf-c8e7-3afb2a59676a%40steinkuehler.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
