"Cesnik, Jeff" wrote:
>
> It's an automotive application - measuring wheel speed and engine RPM (among
> other things), so I'm guessing the pulse train is going to be in the 0 to
> 100Hz range.  Not sure about pulse width - haven't thought that far ahead.
>
> At 09:34 AM 2/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have an application where I need to count pulses on ~4-5 channels
> >simultaneously with 12-16 bits resolution (more channels than a PIC with 2
> >timers will allow).  Is there such a thing as an I2C timer/counter, or do I
> >have to tie a bunch of PIC's together to do the job?  Maybe someone out
> >there has a better idea...

The speed is not fast, you could use only 1 pic to do this.  Check
Scott's webpage on vertical counters
http://www.interstice.com/~sdattalo/technical/software/pic/vertcnt.html
.

regards,
Reggie

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