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Re: NXT Ultrasonic sensor
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 6 Sep 2006 22:02:22 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, steve <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote:
> Juergen Stuber wrote:
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> > 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.
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> It never ceases to amaze me how astoundingly slow sound is
> compared to the speed of a computer.
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> It's one of those rare cases when your view of the universe
> around you shifts into a completely new perspective.
Yeah the speed of light is pretty darn fast! Sound is quite turtle-like in
comparison ;)
Ben
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| (...) 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. (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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