RPM Tester
I have had a hall effect sensor for awhile that I got for a bike computer project that
I never started.
So I decided to make a RPM tester for my garage sale drill motor finds as an excuse
to play with the part.
I learned that the hall effect sensor latches it's output pin high when exposed to one pole of
a magnet and only latches low when exposed to opposite pole.
So I made a spinner with two magnets across from each other with opposite poles facing
sensor. Each half revolution one of the sensors flies by the sensor.
I count each time the state of the hall effect sensor's output pin changes and divide that
number in half for my revolution count.
Don't know how accurate this thing is, but it will at least give me comparable data on my
drill motor collection.
I never started.
So I decided to make a RPM tester for my garage sale drill motor finds as an excuse
to play with the part.
I learned that the hall effect sensor latches it's output pin high when exposed to one pole of
a magnet and only latches low when exposed to opposite pole.
So I made a spinner with two magnets across from each other with opposite poles facing
sensor. Each half revolution one of the sensors flies by the sensor.
I count each time the state of the hall effect sensor's output pin changes and divide that
number in half for my revolution count.
Don't know how accurate this thing is, but it will at least give me comparable data on my
drill motor collection.
Comments
2010 and it never made the OBEX. Luckily it was still in the forums here: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/117544-128x64-graphics-module?p=855774#post855774