A thought...

[Dirk Wright]

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Roger Heflin wrote:
> be pretty easy), then just scan all required sensors (including the
> clock) every pass and make the decisions based on that.  

The patents that I've seen for controlling automatic transmissions 
sometimes sow controllers that scan the input sensors, do a few simple 
calculations, then apply the results to a look-up table, then output to 
the controlled element, such as a motor or solenoid. The look-up table 
ios in ROM, which is what you buy when you get a hotrod "chip" for your 
modern car. The table in ROM is usualy multi-dimensioned, with the values 
inthe tale representing a duty cycle for solenoid, for example. I hope 
I'm not boring anyone with this.....

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