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diff --git a/docs/Todo.md b/docs/Todo.md index f953c29f..69878ee8 100644 --- a/docs/Todo.md +++ b/docs/Todo.md @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ Host user interaction Safety features =============== -* Support loading a valid step range into the firmware after - homing. This would provide a sanity check in the firmware that would - reduce the risk of the host commanding a stepper motor past its - valid step range. To maintain high efficiency in the firmware, the - firmware would only need to check periodically (eg, every 100ms) - that the stepper is in range. +* Support loading a valid step range into the micro-controller + software after homing. This would provide a sanity check in the + micro-controller that would reduce the risk of the host commanding a + stepper motor past its valid step range. To maintain high + efficiency, the micro-controller would only need to check + periodically (eg, every 100ms) that the stepper is in range. * Possibly support periodically querying the endstop switches and use multiple step ranges depending on the switch state. This would @@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ Testing features ================ * Complete the host based simulator. It's possible to compile the - firmware for a "host simulator", but that simulator doesn't do - anything currently. It would be useful to expand the code to support - more error checks, kinematic simulations, and improved logging. + micro-controller for a "host simulator", but that simulator doesn't + do anything currently. It would be useful to expand the code to + support more error checks, kinematic simulations, and improved + logging. Documentation ============= @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ Documentation Hardware features ================= -* Port firmware to more architectures: +* Port to additional micro-controller architectures: * Beagle Bone Black PRU * Smoothieboard / NXP LPC1769 (ARM cortex-M3) * Unix based scheduling; Unix based real-time scheduling |