Fwd: basic stamp timing Q''s

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Below is a note that I got from one of my colleagues.
What kind of timing resolution/repeatability can he expect?
Is there an add-on that would give more precise timing?
What's the FASTEST stamp (for shortest resolution)?

thanks



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>Here's what I want to do with a basic stamp. I want to replace my aging
>Apple II flash controller with something newer and more portable. The
>controller works like this:
>
>1. It reads digital inputs from various transducers (acoustic, light,
>contact closure)
>2. It has 16 digital outputs to control flash units or other devices
>(solenoid, for example). I just need 5-volt output signals. I have
>buffer circuits available between the controller and the devices.
>3. It generates time intervals between input and first output as well as
>between successive outputs. The time intervals are selectable to a few
>microseconds. The accuracy is about a microsecond.
>
>thanks,

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