Method and apparatus for multi-core processor management in a motion control system

Abstract

According to techniques disclosed herein, a motion control program for execution on a multi-core processor of a motion control system includes multiple task types or task classes, with different ones of the task types divided among the respective processing cores of the multi-core processor. For example, the division depends on user input or on assessing the expected or measured performance of the involved motion control program. Assigning a type or class of tasks to a respective processing core results in a mapping the lower-level executable instructions that represent the type or class of task to a target one of the processing cores. However, dividing the task types or classes among the processing cores at the abstraction level of the motion control program advantageously provides for tailoring the processing-core assignments to the characteristics or needs of the motion-control problem embodied in the motion control program.

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