I've started to prototype something using an Arduino Mega and Yún Shield.

It's simple. It reads an ADC at 50Hz and sends data to a server through a socket. But because of that combination, I need to use Bridge to send data through the socket. It's very slow.

Should I change the Arduino Mega for a Leonardo or a Due to get better performance?

Here is my code, maybe I did something wrong.

Arduino code:

#include <Bridge.h> 
#include <Process.h>
#include <Time.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

boolean interruptFlag = 0;
int HD = A0;
int HG = A1;
int CD = A2;
int CG = A3;
int ECG = A5;
String analogSignals = "";
static char outstr[15];
int count = 0;
float x = 0.0;

void setup() {
  // Bridge startup.
  Bridge.begin();  
  // Initialize Bridge values.
  Bridge.put("data", "");  
  noInterrupts(); // Stop interrupts.
  TCCR1A = 0; // Set entire TCCR1A register to 0.
  TCCR1B = 0; // Same for TCCR1B.
  TCNT1  = 0; // Initialize counter value to 0.
  // Set compare match register for 50Hz increments.
  OCR1A = 39999; // = 16000000 / (8 * 50) - 1 (must be <65536)
  // Turn on CTC mode.
  TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM12);
  // Set CS12, CS11 and CS10 bits for 64 prescaler.
  TCCR1B |= (0 << CS12) | (1 << CS11) | (1 << CS10);
  // Enable timer compare interrupt.
  TIMSK1 |= (1 << OCIE1A);
  interrupts(); // Allow interrupts.
  // Launch Python script.
  /*Process p;
  p.begin("python");
  p.addParameter("/root/test/send.py");
  p.run();*/
}

ISR(TIMER1_COMPA_vect) {
  if (!interruptFlag) {
    interruptFlag = 1;    
  }  
}

void loop() {
  if (interruptFlag) {
    writeAnalogSignals();
    interruptFlag = 0;
  }
}

void writeAnalogSignals() {
  String HDReading = convertToVoltage(analogRead(HD));
  String HGReading = convertToVoltage(analogRead(HG));
  String CDReading = convertToVoltage(analogRead(CD));
  String CGReading = convertToVoltage(analogRead(CG));
  String ECGReading = convertToVoltage(analogRead(ECG));
  if (analogSignals.length() == 0) {
    analogSignals =  String(x, 2) + ";" + HDReading + ";" + HGReading + ";" + CDReading + ";" + CGReading + ";0.0;0.0;" + ECGReading;
  } else {
    analogSignals += "|" + String(x, 2) + ";" + HDReading + ";" + HGReading + ";" + CDReading + ";" + CGReading + ";0.0;0.0;" + ECGReading;
  }
  x += 0.02;
  count += 1; 
  if (count >= 50) {
    Bridge.put("data", analogSignals);
    analogSignals = "";
    count = 0;
  }
}
// Convert the analog reading to voltage.
String convertToVoltage(int analogSignal) {
  dtostrf(analogSignal * (5.0 / 1023),8, 6, outstr);
  return outstr;
}

Python code:

import socket
import sys
import getopt
import time

def main(argv):
    try:
        sys.path.insert(0, '/usr/lib/python2.7/bridge/')
        from bridgeclient import BridgeClient as bridgeclient
        # Create a UDP socket.
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
        server_address = ('192.168.1.100', 9050)
        bridge = bridgeclient()                              
        previous = ""

        # Send data
        while 1:   
            data = bridge.get("data")   
            if data != previous:                        
                sent = sock.sendto(data, server_address)
                previous = data
            time.sleep(0.5)
    
    finally:
        sock.close()