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09/06/05 18:16
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#100708 - Measuring RPM - the software side
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Measuring RPM often requires two asynchronous processes.

One is the interrupt that occurs every time the magnet passes the sensor and triggers the INT. The time from the last occurrence tells you the RPM of course, but you also need to support the worst-case condition (which will happen) when the RPM is slow or the rotation stops. This will overflow your timer in all likelihood (so you need to monitor timer overflows too). Anyway, every time you get an interrupt you can calculate the RPM and store it in some RAM location. Better yet, store the timer count in the RAM location, set a flag and do the actual RPM calculation in main where the flag is sensed (being aware of problems that can occur by having a variable shared between an ISR and main).

The second issue is how often you want to update the display for the user (or log it to a data set). This is often based on completely different criteria such as how often you do an LCD refresh or how often you log to your data set. You may have a 1:1 correspondence between RPM changes and display update, or you may not. Typically the RPM would be unreadable on a digital display if it changes too often.

Food for thought...

GB


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            Little magnets            01/01/70 00:00      
               Wow !            01/01/70 00:00      
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               bar magnets            01/01/70 00:00      
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         Open-Collector output            01/01/70 00:00      
            I did            01/01/70 00:00      
   How to attach more than one magnet            01/01/70 00:00      
      symmetric placement            01/01/70 00:00      
         photo coupler            01/01/70 00:00      
      Measuring RPM - the software side            01/01/70 00:00      
         Timing routines are alright            01/01/70 00:00      
   Unipolar vs bipolar sensors            01/01/70 00:00      
   try here            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thanks for your contribution erik            01/01/70 00:00      

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