Lpc2000

--- Thanks for the reply.
Yes i could do the "sums" myself. I guess in retrospect i should have 
asked if anyone had a favorite board for the 2000 series that might 
meet my wants.
 One of the problems with using light is it's speed. A detector 
should work something like: pulse a laser, wait on laser to return to 
detector, divide the time required between pulse and detection by 
speed of light, look-up time as feet or inches, display on lcd to 
make user friendly.
 All these processing cycles happen more quickly than a 
typical "hobby" micro can process. If i were better at coding i could 
probably figure out how to ignore the first few "returns" after 
sending several pings of light, giving the micro more time to react 
and averaging the return in time to display on a lcd.





In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "leon_heller" <leon.heller@...> wrote:
>
> --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "not gonna tell ya....." <vidio1@> 
> wrote:
> >
> >  Newbie here, I just joined to look around for links,files,advice 
> in 
> > choosing a new micro. I recently got a little spare time on my 
> hands 
> > and decided to break out a few odds and ends i had played with a 
> couple 
> > of years ago.
> >  I currently have an OOPic micro if anyone is familiar with 
these. 
> I've 
> > used it mostly for small mobile robotics. But after working with 
it 
> for 
> > the past few days i quickly decided i wanted something a little 
> faster. 
> > I've still got a ton to learn about programming, mechanical 
> interfaces 
> > are my strong suit.
> >  I believe at this point i would like to have speed,USB instead 
of 
> > serial or bluetooth would be even better, larger memory until i 
can 
> > learn to clean up messy code,I2C mostly for lcd, PWM for motor 
> control, 
> > and as many I/O lines as practical.
> >  One of the projects i have in mind is a laser range finder. Any 
> > suggestions toward a micro that might meet my wants and is fast 
> enough 
> > to process a laser ping would be helpful.
> >  Thanks.......
> >
> 
> If you know the distance you want to measure, and the speed of 
light, 
> you should be able to do the sums for yourself.
> 
> Leon
>