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Old 03-19-2008, 11:53 PM   #53 (permalink)
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It looks like several people voted while I was responding to Coyote X. I too vote for *duino, for several reasons:

1 - it's available assembled for $33 or in kit form for $24. So anyone who can afford a car can afford one.

2 - it runs the ATmega168, which four of us have voiced preference for, and one has already purchased. Which has 23 i/o points, up to six analog in and three out, three timer/counters, PWM, and more. This should do almost anything we desire.

3- apparently, the programmer in built in.

4 - it's a standardized platform, and we can move right on to programming, instead of designing circuit boards.


Lostcause: the timer/counters are on digital inputs, not analog. But Coyote has that covered in post #18. I'm sure he can set whatever threshold we want on the input board. We'll just need to count the pulses and the widths.
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