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Re: IR scanner
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 13:37:58 GMT
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Original-From:
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Pete Hardie <pete.hardie@%SayNoToSpam%dvsg.sciatl.com>
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Nick Taylor wrote:
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> Your numbers aren't quite correct. The speed of light is
> 982,080,000 fps or 0.000,000,001,018 seconds per foot. That
> yields a value of 0.002036 microseconds for a "radar foot";
That's my fault - I missed the button on the calculator, and
so the fps value in my original post was off.
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Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
Scientific Atlanta |
Digital Video Services Group |
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: IR scanner
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| Your numbers aren't quite correct. The speed of light is 982,080,000 fps or 0.000,000,001,018 seconds per foot. That yields a value of 0.002036 microseconds for a "radar foot"; 12 inches out, 12 inches back. You are NOT going to measure distance (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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