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More information on NSCE NS-XX Type
01/14/2017 at 10:37 • 5 commentsHi,
here comes more information about my laser and I uploaded some arduino code.
The code works for my device, the pin changes are to switch the transistor to supply the device and the other one is switching one the device simulating a push on the soft key.
If anyone is interested in writing a nice arduino library I would be glad, because I'm the user hacking around quick and dirty until it works.
My idea would be, since the conversion of the laser lasts upto a second, to write the command and get the result with a UART interrupt, which rises a flag, that can be polled in the main loop.
Moreover I added a overview of the commands. I got this from the manufacturer and I made it a bit fancier since it was not very clear.
Concerning costs, I'm still dealing with the manufacturer to get a price for spare PCBs without housing and display. After that I have to check out with customs and taxes...
I think the price for one part will be around 30 Euros + 3,70 shipping worldwide. I checkd out the shipping costs and it does not matter if the destination is in europe or abrought.
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Still testing
03/15/2017 at 19:10 • 0 commentsMy sample device, used for snow depth measurement, is working fine since december.
I'm still would like to find out what's the actual difference between devices with longer and shorter ranging distances. Maybe someone has a clue.
Moreover the question is how many people are interested in such rangemeters, because I would have to order at least 100 from the supplier. And I don't want to store rangemeters for $3000 at home.