Decrease the computational load on the Teensy

[Roozki]

The Teensy averages 600 MHz, that is incredibly fast compared to other microcontrollers, but we may need to increase our computational power for the arm.

The Teensy needs to handle a lot of serial communication while driving the stepper motors. The Teensy may be experiencing thermal throttling as well, so a heatsink should help.

With sufficient cooling, we can overclock the Teensy to 1 GHz, but this may not be ideal as we risk overheating the Teensy.

We could introduce ICs to the system, which could handle the repetitive computation needed for the stepper motors. 555 timers are cheap, and could act as a driver for the stepper motor drivers.

This would be a good opportunity to merge elec with software. 555 timers are some of the most commonly used ICs.

IC = Integrated Circuit.

^555 timer