Timer1 - frequency measurement

[-Dan-]

Hi,

Has anyone got a sample program showing how to measure the frequency of an input, i want to measure the frequency of a transmitter.

i'm using a pic16f870, i've been reading the information on timer1 but i don't totally understand how to accomplish what i need.

Thanks

Dan

[skimask]

Hi,
Has anyone got a sample program showing how to measure the frequency of an input, i want to measure the frequency of a transmitter.
i'm using a pic16f870, i've been reading the information on timer1 but i don't totally understand how to accomplish what i need.
Thanks
Dan

Straight from the manual...

COUNT Pin,Period,Var
Count the number of pulses that occur on Pin during the Period and
stores the result in Var. Pin is automatically made an input. Pin may
be a constant, 0-15, or a variable that contains a number 0-15 (e.g. B0)
or a pin name (e.g. PORTA.0).................

But seriously, what frequency range are you planning on counting?

[-Dan-]

Straight from the manual...

But seriously, what frequency range are you planning on counting?

I considered using count, but i do not no its limitations what will it count up to?.

I want to measure in the 88-200mhz range, i doubt the pic can support this kind of range so i have got an external prescaler which will divide by 256 or 64.

[skimask]

I considered using count, but i do not no its limitations what will it count up to?.

COUNT Pin,Period,Var
Count the number of pulses that occur on Pin during the Period and
stores the result in Var. Pin is automatically made an input.........

Does that give you a clue as to the answer?

so i have got an external prescaler which will divide by 256 or 64.

You're going to divide RF using an 'external prescaler'?
Good luck with that...

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Dan

The Web is full of Ham Freqmeters ...

"Google is you friend."

EPE's last edition show a nice 50 Mhz one ... w/o prescaler.
µChip ANs show the original idea for those ones.

just yours to choose which one !!!

Alain

[-Dan-]

Does that give you a clue as to the answer?


You're going to divide RF using an 'external prescaler'?
Good luck with that...

See the below image

http://hem.passagen.se/communication/pic/fct_sch.gif

this is a project i found that does what i wanted, but it does not explain the programming side of capturing the frequency, which i want to understand.

I only want to learn lol

[Acetronics2]

Looking at this ...pic. I do think PbP has not its place inside the 870 !!!

125 Khz * 256 = ... 32 Mhz

Alain

[skimask]

That link doesn't work so good for me...might for some, not for me at the moment...

COUNT Pin,Period,Var
Count the number of pulses that occur on Pin during the Period and
stores the result in Var. Pin is automatically made an input.........

So what did you get out of this?