First night''s hamster data is in ...
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Now you just need to hook a generator to the hamsters wheel, and power a
lightbulb for him. Maybe a tiny fan, so he can tell he is doing something on
the wheel.
-Kerry
At 07:58 AM 10/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I second that, send it to Parallax! Hey, if a smarties counter can make a
>big splash [noparse]:D[/noparse]
>
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>>
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>> From: Greg Courville [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=MdnULLm3dwFuGfxc7Qgr1iz73gejVYUTNZQfJRfkIAt5vQe8ytPOnGEdrTM8szqV4QDiYdthtZ7ft4GioAuCohf65g]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
>>
>>
>>
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 ...
>>
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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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lightbulb for him. Maybe a tiny fan, so he can tell he is doing something on
the wheel.
-Kerry
At 07:58 AM 10/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I second that, send it to Parallax! Hey, if a smarties counter can make a
>big splash [noparse]:D[/noparse]
>
>
>>
Original Message
>> From: Greg Courville [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=MdnULLm3dwFuGfxc7Qgr1iz73gejVYUTNZQfJRfkIAt5vQe8ytPOnGEdrTM8szqV4QDiYdthtZ7ft4GioAuCohf65g]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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