Posted by hippy Except for processors specifically designed for safety critical working, I don't think the PICAXE is much less reliable than any other processor, just that reliability is not guaranteed. In respect of the PICAXE being a pre-programmed Basic Interpreter, there's the potential of a lack of reliability in the creation of the firmware which has to be used, where errors may have crept in but have not been detected, which compound any reliability issues there may be with the underlying processor hardware. For all manufacturers, I do not think it is so much "reliability" in the sense of likely failure, as not being willing to guarantee operation as documented in every possible situation, simply because it is so hard to test every potential situation.
on September 2, 2007, 11:58 am, in reply to "Picaxe in Safety Critical Systems"
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: Referring to your article on using
: Picaxe in Safety Critical Systems, I
: was just wondering what the
: difference between using Picaxe and
: any other processor might be. Are
: they unreliable in any way?
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