I had the same idea to use the microprocessor as well, and I've got about
half of that engineering degree. It would be slightly overkill, but you
would then be able to do whatever you wanted with that full digital circuit,
and also be able to make changes very easliy. You could set up the changes
in the chip on your pc, test it with a waveform simulator, and then flash
when you get it perfected. all in all, a fairly simple solution. The
hardest part I thing would be determining the best clock cycle.
-Josh
> : What might work better would be a setup where each sensor was read every
> : other time, alternating. How you build that bit of electronics I have
no
> : idea, wrong engineering degree :)
>
>
> PIC project! (inside joke) ;-) I haven't given it a lot of thought
> but I know I can do it easily with a microprocessor. Probably overkill;
> it could probably be done a lot more simply with a 555 chip or something
> along those lines, though I suppose using a microprocessor would make
> changes to the circuit a lot easier (allowing you to program in software
> instead of solder).
>
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>
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