# DSP Controllers compared to System on a Chip boards

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/dsp-controllers-compared-to-system-on-a-chip-boards/13415>\
**Category:** Ruida controllers\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/dsp-controllers-compared-to-system-on-a-chip-boards/13415 "2020-03-18T10:36:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/dsp-controllers-compared-to-system-on-a-chip-boards/13415/4 "2020-03-18T20:30:37Z")

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So one could not expect to hack the binary data format as one would with the G-Code. Not something I had thought about. That helps a lot in understanding what you can and can’t do. FPGA’s also take some time to boot but since i don’t have a Ruida yet, not sure about that and not probably a issue anyway.

Should one expect to be able to do finer work with a Ruida controller than a GCode one? As a matter of timing and speed. Would you need to slow a cut to get the same level of detail between the two?

Thanks for your answer.

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