ecl_core_apps Documentation

ecl_core_apps

This includes a suite of programs demo'ing various aspects of the ecl_core. It also includes various benchmarking and utility programs for use primarily with embedded systems.

• Homepage: http://wiki.ros.org/ecl_core_apps

packageSummary

This package collects some useful utility programs developed within the ecl_core framework. These programs have many different dependencies that otherwise couldn't be installed with their respective package, so are collected here.

Benchmarks

• src/benchmarks/exceptions.cpp : evaluates exception handling costs on your system.
• src/benchmarks/files.cpp : tests the raw read/write speed of various file mechanisms.
• src/benchmarks/flops.cpp : the classic flops test.
• src/benchmarks/snooze.cpp : determines the latency of your absolute timer.
• src/benchmarks/streams.cpp : compares various streaming mechanisms.
• src/benchmarks/string_conversions.cpp : benchmarks various string converting utilities.

Utilities

• src/utils/hex.cpp : utility for testing serial devices with raw hex data.
• src/utils/serial.cpp : a generic serial connection testing program.
• src/utils/process.cpp : detects various process statistics.

ChangeLog

• May 11 : Moved what I could back to their own packages.
• Apr 10 : The famous flops benchmark test.
• Jan 09 : Simple socket client-server interface for posix.
• Dec 09 : Comparison test for various streaming mechanisms.
• Dec 09 : The serial utilities, hex and serial.
• Dec 09 : Latency benchmark for periodic timers working on absolute times.
• Oct 09 : Comparison test for various file io api.
• Sep 09 : A benchmark test for timing the cost of exceptions.
• May 09 : Comparison test for the various container types.
• May 09 : Comparison test for the c/c++/ecl api doing char string conversions.