Difference between revisions of "Control with TrackCam Vision Feedback and MATLAB"
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To make the new computer that runs the control system run as efficiently as possible, all extraneous functionalities were turned off. There is not anti-virus software, no firewall, no https for the internet, and so on. Only the bare minimum is left. Below is a list of the remaining functions and what they do. Another thing to do to make MATLAB run faster is to set it to go to the Task Manager, go to Processes, right-click on MATLAB.exe and set it to Realtime priority. |
To make the new computer that runs the control system run as efficiently as possible, all extraneous functionalities were turned off. There is not anti-virus software, no firewall, no https for the internet, and so on. Only the bare minimum is left. Below is a list of the remaining functions and what they do. Another thing to do to make MATLAB run faster is to set it to go to the Task Manager, go to Processes, right-click on MATLAB.exe and set it to Realtime priority. |
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This is the user shell, which we see as the familiar taskbar, desktop, and other user interface features. This process isn't as vital to the running of Windows as you might expect, and can be stopped (and restarted) from Task Manager, usually with no negative side effects on other applications. |
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Revision as of 13:21, 11 September 2009
Stripping Down Windows
To make the new computer that runs the control system run as efficiently as possible, all extraneous functionalities were turned off. There is not anti-virus software, no firewall, no https for the internet, and so on. Only the bare minimum is left. Below is a list of the remaining functions and what they do. Another thing to do to make MATLAB run faster is to set it to go to the Task Manager, go to Processes, right-click on MATLAB.exe and set it to Realtime priority.
Explorer.exe This is the user shell, which we see as the familiar taskbar, desktop, and other user interface features. This process isn't as vital to the running of Windows as you might expect, and can be stopped (and restarted) from Task Manager, usually with no negative side effects on other applications.
