First night''s hamster data is in ...
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I second that, send it to Parallax! Hey, if a smarties counter can make a
big splash [noparse]:D[/noparse]
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> From: Greg Courville [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=2wc4PZqO_ZlBoJa_Mw84IbCTfvfgZ9aMF8Yfb1ixUk4ZBUgXxYRZeLCQN6vVaLm3aBifclbgj_buZ48d54cIyblUSHA5]grnospameg@g...[/url
> Sent: October 10, 2003 7:12 AM
> To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] First night's hamster data is in ...
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>
> What an original use for a BASIC Stamp! I must say, I'm really
> impressed by
> your experiment. Got a good laugh out of it too [noparse]:)[/noparse]
> Maybe you should submit it to Parallax... they'll give you up to $150 in
> Parallax products if they like it!
>
>
> -Greg Courville
>
>
>
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> From: "webbm03" <webbm@c...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:00 AM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] First night's hamster data is in ...
>
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> > Since there've been a few people interested in the "hamster"
> > experiment, I thought I'd post a brief note.
> >
> > The stamp setup worked well. I decided not to use COUNT, but instead I
> > wrote a simple "state loop" that counts clock cycles (in effect) while
> > waiting for the reed switch to close and bring the input pin low. I
> > found that I got some bounce in the reed switch, but this was overcome
> > with a simple bypass capacitor across the reed swtich. The stamp setup
> > counts revolutions accurately and stably. I had to calibrate the cycle
> > counter, but this was simple: I simply ran the wheel by hand for a few
> > minutes and then multiplied the total number of clock cycles by a
> > conversion factor to get real time. The clock cycles ended up being
> > very close to 4 miliseconds, so even when the hamster was running his
> > fastest, I was getting a count of at least 120 per revolution. I can
> > post the code if anybody wants to see it.
> >
> > "Smokey" (my daughter's hamster) was busy last night! He started
> > around 2130, and went to sleep this morning just after 0800. He ran a
> > total of 20580 meters--I was surprised; that's over 12 miles! He
> > averaged 0.9 m/s, and ran essentially all night. He took a couple of
> > relatively long rest intervals (11 and 37 minutes), but other than
> > that 1/2 of his rests were less than 30 seconds, and 90 percent were
> > less than 2 minutes.
> >
> > I have a PPT with some data in it. If anybody's interested, e-mail me
> > at webbm@c..., and I'll send it to you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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big splash [noparse]:D[/noparse]
>
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> From: Greg Courville [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=2wc4PZqO_ZlBoJa_Mw84IbCTfvfgZ9aMF8Yfb1ixUk4ZBUgXxYRZeLCQN6vVaLm3aBifclbgj_buZ48d54cIyblUSHA5]grnospameg@g...[/url
> Sent: October 10, 2003 7:12 AM
> To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] First night's hamster data is in ...
>
>
> What an original use for a BASIC Stamp! I must say, I'm really
> impressed by
> your experiment. Got a good laugh out of it too [noparse]:)[/noparse]
> Maybe you should submit it to Parallax... they'll give you up to $150 in
> Parallax products if they like it!
>
>
> -Greg Courville
>
>
>
Original Message
> From: "webbm03" <webbm@c...>
> To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:00 AM
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] First night's hamster data is in ...
>
>
> > Since there've been a few people interested in the "hamster"
> > experiment, I thought I'd post a brief note.
> >
> > The stamp setup worked well. I decided not to use COUNT, but instead I
> > wrote a simple "state loop" that counts clock cycles (in effect) while
> > waiting for the reed switch to close and bring the input pin low. I
> > found that I got some bounce in the reed switch, but this was overcome
> > with a simple bypass capacitor across the reed swtich. The stamp setup
> > counts revolutions accurately and stably. I had to calibrate the cycle
> > counter, but this was simple: I simply ran the wheel by hand for a few
> > minutes and then multiplied the total number of clock cycles by a
> > conversion factor to get real time. The clock cycles ended up being
> > very close to 4 miliseconds, so even when the hamster was running his
> > fastest, I was getting a count of at least 120 per revolution. I can
> > post the code if anybody wants to see it.
> >
> > "Smokey" (my daughter's hamster) was busy last night! He started
> > around 2130, and went to sleep this morning just after 0800. He ran a
> > total of 20580 meters--I was surprised; that's over 12 miles! He
> > averaged 0.9 m/s, and ran essentially all night. He took a couple of
> > relatively long rest intervals (11 and 37 minutes), but other than
> > that 1/2 of his rests were less than 30 seconds, and 90 percent were
> > less than 2 minutes.
> >
> > I have a PPT with some data in it. If anybody's interested, e-mail me
> > at webbm@c..., and I'll send it to you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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