Re: Would a PIC type device and EPROM be appropriate for this?

Eric R Snow wrote:

Greetings,
I have several electronic linear measuring scales. The resoultion of
these devices is .0005". Accuracy is + or - .001". However, there are
apparently 20480 pulses per inch coming from the scales when moved.
This equates to about .00005" resolution. So I was thinking about
mapping the scales. I have the equipment to move these scales in
.0001" increments with a non accumulating error of less than .00004"
per step. So, if I wanted to have scale with 8 inches travel with
.0001" resolution it would require 80,000 measurements and somehow
these measurements would need to be associated with the scale so that
the digital readout would show how far the scale had actually moved to
within .0001". Is this "mapping" something that could be easily and
cheaply handled a PIC and an Eprom? I hope the above was not too
vague.
Thanks,
Eric R Snow

yes, it can be done very simply with a PIC, no Eprom needed.
PIC's are getting large these days with lots of goodies in them
also you have the AVR's (Atmels)which are nice to play with.
 in any case, you need to get your self a Dev kit..
you may want to look into Rabit Kits., those are complete onboard
CPU's loaded with memory, Networking etc..

.

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