>Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>> Didn't you say that you need to send only in quite big intervals? How about
>> stopping measuring while sending data, if there really is a timing problem?
>
>Although I wish to initially  transmit approximately once every
>five seconds, eventually I would like to speed it up. Otherwise I
>could restart the measurement after the transmission has finished.
>

As others have mentioned, it seems that the best solution is to send the
data immediately after receiving an input pulse.  It has already been
demonstrated that if you use this technique under the operating conditions
you have described, you will not miss and input pulses.

I don't know how long the 'data conversion' steps take, but it is likely
you could wait for an input pulse, do your calculations, and send the data
before another input pulse arrives.

Or am I missing something?  Also, you're guaranteed to have one measurement
at least every three seconds, according to your operating conditions.

-Matt


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