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Re: 3 sensors = 8 inputs?!
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Date: 
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:33:56 GMT
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Fred Read <[fred@corp]AntiSpam[.netcom.net.uk]>
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Eric Brok wrote:

This approach can be useful in some applications ofcourse, but
theoretically you don't gain more information bandwith. This is
because you will be able to sense only one of eight virtual sensors
at a given time. So you loose the ability to sense multiple sensors
at the same time independently.

Unless you add a bit of electronics to multiplex your sensors, use the
existing three digital inputs as a mini parallel port, design a simple
communications protocol and send the sensor statuses from the module to
the RCX using the protocol.

A bit excessive for most things I agree but you should be able to design
it so that it supports an arbitrary number of sensors and it could even
support analogue sensors if the interface module had an A/D converter
and the communications protocol supported the transfer of n bit samples!

Comments?
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Mark Crosbie wrote in message <199901070320.TAA020...hp.com>... (...) 3 (...) "logical" (...) This approach can be useful in some applications ofcourse, but theoretically you don't gain more information bandwith. This is because you will be able to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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