NBSP SOFTWARE COMPONENT

Stable release: 1.1.0
Latest release: 1.1.0
Status: stable
Maintainer: errsu
Description: NBSP - a protocol for convenient asynchronous inter-core communication

Key Features

non-blocking: sender and receiver are never blocked waiting for the peer or the channel
bi-directional: totally symmetric, both peers may send and receive at the same time
small-package: fixed package size of 32 bits, handy for MIDI messages, for example
flexible: low network load, transparent across tiles, synchronous and uni-directional modes

Firmware Overview

module_nbsp: the protocol implementation
app_nbsp_startkit_demo: makes the message exchange visible on the STARTKIT
app_nbsp_multiplayer: 16 players are communicating in both directions over 32 channels
app_nbsp_performance: measures throughput of NBSP on a single channel

Documentation

See nbsp.h for the API and how to use it, and nbsp.xc for details of the protocol.

Known Issues

None at the moment.

Support

The maintainer makes no promises to support this component. Comments and questions are welcome, though.