Kevin Russell wrote:
>
> What kind of vehicle are you timing?
>
> This would give you instantaneous speed, and some averaging may be desired.
>  I have many bicycles, and at least one computer for each bicycle.  *All*
> of them do some sort of averaging with a fairly slow 1/2 to 1 second update
> to the LCD.  I am not sure why though.

Probably for readability and battery conservation

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