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Re: Stupid multiple sonars...
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Date: 
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:33:09 GMT
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William Bain <WILLBAIN@CSnomorespam.UMT.EDU>
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Ian Hojnicki <damasta@camelot.bradley.edu> wrote:
> I guess I have a really simple question to ask...  I know that I can
> share many of the lines off of the SPI in order to hook up two polaroid
> sensors...  However, is it really necessary to add a diode to each of the
> ECHO lines?  If so, what are the specs for those diodes?  I am basing the
> fact that I can use D3 for the additional INIT line for the second
> sonar.  IS THIS CORRECT?

It is correct that you can use the remaining SPI pins as digital outs to
trigger a second sonar.  I've done it and it works fine.

It's also true that there *is* signal contention on the echo lines if you
simply plug 'em both into the same TIC port.  I don't yet know whether
diodes will fix the problem, but I'll give it a try and let you all know.

--Will



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  Re: Stupid multiple sonars...
 
a small signal diode like 1N914 should do. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Hojnicki <damasta@camelot.bradley.edu> To: handyboard@media.mit.edu <handyboard@media.mit.edu> Date: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 12:16 AM Subject: Stupid multiple (...) (28 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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