Talk:Wishlist/Sensorbox

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Users:hns This is what has been thought of: a simple processor that still suppports A/D converters and USB. A good candidate appears to be http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/41124c.pdf Cost is approx. 5 USD.
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This is what has been thought of: a simple processor that still suppports A/D converters and USB. A good candidate appears to be http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/41124c.pdf Cost is approx. 5 USD.
  
 
Using an ARM processor just to convert some samples per second into USB appears to be overkill to me on first though. But the PIC is just one of the options to considered. A drawback appears that the ADC resolution is just 8 bit. This is quite coarse for some sensors. 12 bit would be better...
 
Using an ARM processor just to convert some samples per second into USB appears to be overkill to me on first though. But the PIC is just one of the options to considered. A drawback appears that the ADC resolution is just 8 bit. This is quite coarse for some sensors. 12 bit would be better...

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Processor discussion

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User:Hns

This is what has been thought of: a simple processor that still suppports A/D converters and USB. A good candidate appears to be http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/41124c.pdf Cost is approx. 5 USD.

Using an ARM processor just to convert some samples per second into USB appears to be overkill to me on first though. But the PIC is just one of the options to considered. A drawback appears that the ADC resolution is just 8 bit. This is quite coarse for some sensors. 12 bit would be better...

So what we need:

  • single chip
  • supports USB and approx. 8 ADC channels without many external components
  • low power
  • readily available development tools
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Processor discussion

N.N.

User:Hns

This is what has been thought of: a simple processor that still suppports A/D converters and USB. A good candidate appears to be http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/41124c.pdf Cost is approx. 5 USD.

Using an ARM processor just to convert some samples per second into USB appears to be overkill to me on first though. But the PIC is just one of the options to considered. A drawback appears that the ADC resolution is just 8 bit. This is quite coarse for some sensors. 12 bit would be better...

So what we need:

  • single chip
  • supports USB and approx. 8 ADC channels without many external components
  • low power
  • readily available development tools