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About Dave Nyce
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I have been an electronics engineer for 25 years. I can answer questions on analog and digital circuits and my specialty is sensors.

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I am the inventor on 23 US patents, and also some foreign ones. Developed sensors for over 25 years. Licensed private pilot (airplane and rotorcraft), have HAM radio license. I'm not an expert in computer networking.
 
   

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Electrical Engineering - 8051 sensors


Expert: Dave Nyce - 4/27/2002

Question
Hi.
I'm finishing my 4th year Electronic Engineering degree next year and have to do a final year project.

I've worked with the 8051 processor before and I was wondering if there was anyway to connect motion sensors to the processor in order to record the speed that an object is travelling at?

If so, where would I go about getting them?

Thanks alot,
Declan

Answer
I listed myself as being on vacation last week. Somehow the website didn't pick it up. Sorry.

There is a popular evaluation kit from Polaroid that includes their ultrasonic sensor, a PCB, and instructions. It has a voltage output. You'd need to add an A/D input circuit to the processor.

Hope this helps!

Dave

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