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Prop II Quadrature Counters...

MicksterMickster Posts: 2,721
edited 2012-02-14 05:37 in Propeller 1
Has there been any hint of what we can expect in terms of performance yet such as maximum count frequency? Any built-in filtering of noise, etc?
I need to handle several servo-motors @6000 RPM with 4096 line encoders (=1,638,400 counts/sec).

Trying to decide whether I should wait for Prop II or go ahead and hook-up dedicated quad decoder/counter chips to the current Prop. I'd prefer to count directly on the prop because I have a few other ideas about handling the various encoder signals etc.

Do I also understand that each pin can be configured as a bipolar DAC and would this have +/- 16bits resolution?

Mickster

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  • jmgjmg Posts: 15,183
    edited 2012-02-14 02:33
    Mickster wrote: »
    Trying to decide whether I should wait for Prop II or go ahead and hook-up dedicated quad decoder/counter chips to the current Prop

    Counter info is sadly very sparse...
    So you should use a dedicated chip and available Prop, and it will be easy to remove later.
    Something like the LS7366R, is small, and lets you move onto more complex stuff quickly.
  • evanhevanh Posts: 16,113
    edited 2012-02-14 05:37
    Build your own muiti-channel with a PLD or go overboard with a FPGA - limited by only the pin count, and can throw in a ton of filtering and even the whole servo.

    I'd wait for the P2 too. :)
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