Counter

[Acetronics2]

Hi,

The dawback of the "event counter" method is a very, very, very bad resolution ...

Sooo, the best would be to measure the period, and then convert it to speed.


Depends on your skills ... but a 16 Bits timer looks compulsory. The TMR1 of a 16F628a gives a 524288 µs period ( 1.907 Hz) with 1:8 prescaler enabled.

may be a bit "short" for what you intend to do; you should then have to increment a counter for each overflow ( interrupt ) ... and truncate some bits of TMR1 result, just to keep a 16bits word for your calculations.

a more precise explanation of what you're looking for will surely help ( Freq. range and precision required ... at least )

Alain

[mackrackit]

This might get you started.

I use this for counting parts passing on a conveyor where the parts hit a mechanical switch.

16F873A is used.

Near the top of your code

ON INTERRUPT GOTO MYINT

INTCON = %10010000

setup variables and other stuff then

LOOP:
'DO STUFF
GOTO LOOP

'#############################################
'PART COUNT
'############################################
DISABLE
MYINT:
IF PORTB.0 = 1 THEN
    PC = PC + 1
	WRITE 3,PC.BYTE0
	WRITE 4,PC.BYTE1
    READ 3,PCNT.BYTE0
	READ 4,PCNT.BYTE1
    pause 100
ELSE
	PC = PC
ENDIF
INTCON.1 = 0
RESUME
ENABLE
 'THE ABOVE WILL ALSO DEBOUNCE THE SWITCH
'#############################################

PS.
What is that in your mouth?

[Acetronics2]

PS.
What is that in your mouth?

Ohoh, Dave

Did not recognize the strawberry ??? ...

yours to offer the Champagne, then

Alain

But keep cool , the photo surely is not Brenda's ...

[mackrackit]

Ohoh, Dave

Did not recognize the strawberry ??? ...

yours to offer the Champagne, then

Alain

But keep cool , the photo surely is not Brenda's ...

Now I see it.

Must be a sour one.