At 08:32 PM 11/10/97 EST, Fred Hansen <hansen@CAT.NYU.EDU> wrote:
>Good Evening Picsters
>
>Sonar rangefinding is a common thread and
>often generates a lot of interest but not
>a complete project. Rick's idea is quite
>good, I nominate him Project Leader.

Oh, how fun.... :-)

But seriously, what sort of interface/protocol would be appropriate?  What
 format would you prefer the ranging data to be in?

>Have you seen the August Issue of Circuit
>Celler (page 76) where Jeff Bachiochi uses
>a Sharp GP1U5 IR receiver and replaced the
>IR sensor part with an ultrasonic transducer?
>A great idea, check it out!

Interesting idea.  Are there any details online anywhere?

>Count me in Rick!

Okay, Fred.  Your first task is to tell me what your personal "dream specs" for
 an SSU would be.  How would you like it to work to make your life easiest?
 What sort of granularity of measurement is needed?  Is 8 bits enough? Is 16
 bits too many?  Would you like the results scaled to inches? cm? metres? left
 as a raw count?  Should the data be presented in binary? ASCII? packed BCD?
 EBCDIC?

 - Rick "So many questions" Dickinson
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