Re: [Gumstix-users] Re: Range Finders

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Hayden,

> Thanks for the link to the Maxbotix EZ1.  I really like the narrow beam i=
t
> has.  It seems much better suited for what I want to do.  Unfortunately i=
t
> doesn't have a I2C connection.  It does have RS232 and PWM connections.  =
Out
> of curiousity, which did you use?  Would the PWM be effective enough?  If
> you used RS232, how did you hook it up?

It has analog as well. The RS232 is a weird beast and it's inverted
TTL, which will kind of look like regular RS232. It's close enough to
regular RS232 that it works on most PCs.

Personally, I prefer the pulse width method. It will be more accurate
than the analog.

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/