Hey, I have a Sharp GP2D02, and have been trying to figure out how to use this thing for quite some time now. I have looked over the source code that NetMedia...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 1, 2002 7:28 pm
"lowering the input line, waiting for ~70ms, and then clocking the detector 8 times to read out the distance measurment on the output line." ' Demo program for...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 1, 2002 7:52 pm
... this is to keep the main task from ending and starting over again. as in "INSTALLED AND READY TO USE" "INSTALLED AND READY TO USE" "INSTALLED AND READY TO...
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mixman1982
Jun 1, 2002 8:41 pm
... okay well i did put a do loop after the call tasks and it shows "SINSTALLED AND READY TO USE" in the basicx dialog box (debug.print). so it seems to catch...
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kdogg2012
Jun 1, 2002 9:54 pm
Hey I finally got this thing working, but now i have another question. Sorry to again bother you, but when you return a value from the GP2D02, it is in the...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 1, 2002 10:14 pm
yes, use data. all numbers are binary data 8 bit number base 10 number 00000000 0 00000001 1 00000010 2 00000011 3 ...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 1, 2002 10:19 pm
... this is good ... yes. exactly ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup ...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 1, 2002 10:20 pm
I don't know why the look for this. only an odd value would put a high on that pin. 1, 3 5 and so on. ... __________________________________________________ Do...
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mixman1982
Jun 1, 2002 11:03 pm
... ready ... loop ... good?? how is it good? it still won't run both tasks at the same time. if i ' one out then the other will work. but for some reason ...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 2, 2002 1:18 am
... good because the main is now working. one step at a time. ... check the voltage coming in to the input on the adc pin. use a meter. for the two tasks...
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mixman1982
Jun 2, 2002 3:28 am
... okay i am slowly following you. haha. ... okay the voltmeter says right now 0.70 volts but now i can't get the lcd to show the adc measurement. bah! ... ...
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 2, 2002 10:17 am
ok, next thing. do not use call delay. this stops all prossesing. use call sleep instead. this will also allow the second task to run. make the changes below...
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petervanlievenoogen
petervanliev...
Jun 2, 2002 9:28 pm
Yes, I have my BX35 running! First look> great A/D, very stable (no caps yet) Bud a little complaining: No good diagrams for min configuration. I've looked to...
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mixman1982
Jun 2, 2002 10:04 pm
... okay i got ya. so is it better to use sleep instead of delay for everything?? or just for this particular application? ... nah same thing. this is...
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kj62
Jun 3, 2002 3:57 am
I just cant figure it out. I dont know why I am not getting any response out of my ds1050. This code is from www.phanderson.com/basicx/ds1050.html . Are there...
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pha555
Jun 3, 2002 4:41 am
Glad to see someone is using this. One thing that I see that I omitted is that 4.7K pullup resistors to +5 VDC must be present on both the SCL and SDA leads....
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Tony Brenke
trbrenke
Jun 3, 2002 4:49 am
I just use sleep only. In programming the bx-01 the delay was not relable and caused many problems. I don't use delay. coment out the shifting task. get the...
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stan_eye_am
Jun 3, 2002 5:23 am
... And by the way, even though "data" is created as a binary number, you can interpret it as decimal. Try "debug.print cstr(data)" and you'll see what I mean....
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mixman1982
Jun 3, 2002 7:21 am
... problems. ... okay once i get everything up and running i will make sure that everything is in sleep mode not in delay mode. why do they have 2 similar...
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twesthoff
twesthoff@...
Jun 3, 2002 5:50 pm
I just found this link to a good article discussing serial communication protocols. It compares many of the common ones and would answer many of the questions...
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Vic Fraenckel
vfraenc1
Jun 3, 2002 7:53 pm
This query is slightly off topic but I assure you that it is a BasicX project. The information below was taken from the data sheet of a LLC 24 pin device <at...
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Dave Houston
dorothy1801
Jun 3, 2002 8:22 pm
Here's a link that shows how to handle SMD components. http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/200006/oven_art.htm Kester 57-3903-5403 is a 35gm (5cc) syringe...
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Frank Manning
frankmanning...
Jun 3, 2002 9:32 pm
A new version of the BasicX compiler is under development and is scheduled for release in the near future. The following upgrades are currently being tested: ...
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Dave Houston
dorothy1801
Jun 3, 2002 9:42 pm
How about... 1. Adding a timeout parameter to GetQueue 2. A way to exit InputCapture when a pulse (or space) width exceeds a limit value. This would allow it...
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Dennis Clark
dennis_lm_clark
Jun 3, 2002 9:46 pm
Frank, These are all cool items, but IMO not really important to an embedded controller. FWIW, I think the BX needs more a hardware oriented library to handle...
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Frank Manning
frankmanning...
Jun 3, 2002 10:44 pm
From: "mixman1982" <catchya@...> ... Sleep was in the original system library, and Delay was added later as an easier-to-use version of Sleep. The problem...
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twesthoff
twesthoff@...
Jun 4, 2002 12:02 am
If this is just for prototyping and not for production, just use regular solder. Solder short pieces of wirewrap wire to each pad on the chip and then solder...
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twesthoff
twesthoff@...
Jun 4, 2002 12:13 am
When you add the Enum don't forget to allow a value to be assigned to each item (as VB allows) so that you don't have to always live with values of 0 through...
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Frank Manning
frankmanning...
Jun 4, 2002 1:20 am
From: "twesthoff" <twesthoff@...> ... Excellent idea. We'll do that. ... Yes, but it's better if the compiler is able to check for type mismatches ...
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Richard Friedrich
dakota235us
Jun 4, 2002 2:23 am
who fixes broken bx-24 (plugged it in backwards) thanks richard...
