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Timing question

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-11-20 19:46 in General Discussion
I am working on a race timer that must have a resolution to the millisecond.
Total elapsed time may range from 16 seconds to 40 or so seconds. Lap times
will be around 4 - 7 seconds. Accuracy must be +/- 3 ms. My chosen
microcontroller is the OOPic.

Should I just use the internal clock/counter function, or is there a
peripheral chip that would do a better job in this application. The OOPic
runs at 5Mhz - anyone know what the accuracy/stability of the clock is?

Thanks!

Michael Clark Phone: (919) 468-9901 ext. 101
IVC, Inc. mdc@i...

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-05-09 15:12
    Hi Michael,
    Since your question is about the Oopic, you may want to
    send it to the Oopic e-group. The email address is
    oopic@yahoogroups.com. You will probably get better
    support there.
    Dave


    --- Michael Clark <mdc@i...> wrote:
    > I am working on a race timer that must have a resolution
    > to the millisecond.
    > Total elapsed time may range from 16 seconds to 40 or so
    > seconds. Lap times
    > will be around 4 - 7 seconds. Accuracy must be +/- 3 ms.
    > My chosen
    > microcontroller is the OOPic.
    >
    > Should I just use the internal clock/counter function, or
    > is there a
    > peripheral chip that would do a better job in this
    > application. The OOPic
    > runs at 5Mhz - anyone know what the accuracy/stability of
    > the clock is?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
    > Michael Clark Phone: (919) 468-9901
    > ext. 101
    > IVC, Inc. mdc@i...
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
    > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
    >
    >



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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-05-09 15:22
    Thanks, Dave. There is no activity at all on the OOPics group. I figured
    this question is generic enough that I could get answers here. After all,
    we are talking about a PIC in either case.

    Michael Clark Phone: (919) 468-9901 ext. 101
    IVC, Inc. mdc@i...


    >
    Original Message
    > From: david cousins [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=HN0Kn0ebxZB0UeOzmXhYAbtRq9oTfJw3grx5rx6UyWM_pi3WBkyhV0Sn2m56c1dKToTC6eVWG4wydog]cuz_hsv@y...[/url
    > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 10:13 AM
    > To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Timing question
    >
    >
    > Hi Michael,
    > Since your question is about the Oopic, you may want to
    > send it to the Oopic e-group. The email address is
    > oopic@yahoogroups.com. You will probably get better
    > support there.
    > Dave
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-11-20 19:46
    I have a timing question. I need to 'serin' a data stream, store the data
    as a variable if the'wait' specification is met, 'serout' the variable to
    an lcd, then look for another 'serin' to match another 'wait'
    specification. How long would it take between each 'serin'. I want to
    make sure I have enough time if two serial inputs are recieved in a short
    amount of time. Thanks,
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