Motion 10: low-cost and embedded systems
Please forgive me if it is too late to ask this question. I know discussion
period for Motion 10 ended Nov. 24; it also doesn't seem like the voting
period has officially begun, either (so I'm a little confused). In any case,
I don't think my question requires any change to the motion.
My question to P1788 is: how do very low-cost and/or embedded systems fit
into the picture of P1788 and required functionality?
I know various methods exist to compute transcendental functions (CORDIC,
polynomial approximations, etc.). I have no doubt implementations for modern
CPU/GPUs can handle all the Motion 10 required functions, either in
hardware, software, or a combination of both. Even my hand-held TI-89
graphing calculator supports these functions... with a full-featured
Computer Algebra System to boot!
But even the TI-89 has fairly ample memory and processing power. But can
anyone imagine some hypothetical low-cost or embedded microcontroller where
even a software implementation of all these functions might be too much?
If such examples exist, what do we do about them? Can they still be called
1788-conforming? If yes or no, is it important?
I'm not sure what the answers are to these questions. So this is why I ask
P1788 what do you all think?
Sincerely,
Nate Hayes