I should think that the hardware, "messy", means would be preferred (I mean except for the effort and expense). In this way you can run and develop software that will be, line for line, transferable to the accurately timed board - any artifacts between software versions are eliminated. Indeed, I can think of no better way to verify the operation of the "final" version of software than running it unmodified on high-speed hardware.


Just a thought...

Amoque

Merry Christmas, all!