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Re: NXT Ultrasonic sensor
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:11:13 GMT
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steve <sjbaker1@airmail.net^IHateSpam^>
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Juergen Stuber wrote:

since sound travels at about 333 m/s (depending on temperature and pressure),
a meter takes 3 milliseconds.
At the maximum range of 2.5 meters,
times two that would be 15 milliseconds per reading.

It never ceases to amaze me how astoundingly slow sound is
compared to the speed of a computer.

It's one of those rare cases when your view of the universe
around you shifts into a completely new perspective.



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  Re: NXT Ultrasonic sensor
 
(...) Yeah the speed of light is pretty darn fast! Sound is quite turtle-like in comparison ;) Ben (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: NXT Ultrasonic sensor
 
Hi, (...) since sound travels at about 333 m/s (depending on temperature and pressure), a meter takes 3 milliseconds. At the maximum range of 2.5 meters, times two that would be 15 milliseconds per reading. Cheers Jürgen (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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