I had previously have measured the AnalogInput read rate of my Netduino devices and was surprised by some of the numbers. Now, I have another project in the planning phase which will be using a GHI Electronics Fez Lemur or Fez Panda III device and had time for a quick test.

This is just a simple test, not terribly representative of real world just to get comparable numbers.

public static void Main()
{
   int value;
   AnalogInput x1 = new AnalogInput(FEZLemur.AnalogInput.A0);
   Stopwatch stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

   Debug.Print("Starting");

   stopwatch.Start();
   for (int i = 0; i < SampleCount; i++)
   {
      value = x1.ReadRaw();
   }
   stopwatch.Stop();

   Debug.Print("Duration = " + stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString() + " mSec " + (SampleCount * 1000 / stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds).ToString() + "/sec");
}

Fez Lemur 84 MHz CPU
Duration = 2855 mSec 35026/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec
Duration = 2861 mSec 34952/sec

Duration = 2856 mSec 35014/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec
Duration = 2855 mSec 35026/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec
Duration = 2854 mSec 35038/sec

Fez Panda III 180MHz CPU
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec

Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec
Duration = 1799 mSec 55586/sec

It looks like the GHI Team have a performant implementation of AnalogInput.ReadRaw()