If you can get the Palm to sample at 9KHz please let me know. Also the Palms
IO is somewhat lacking/barely existant.
Rik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Criswold [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 30 August 2000 15:12
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Palm as engine management computer
>
> Last night I was wondering about the feasibility of
> using a PDA as the "brains" for a vehicle engine
> management system. I don't know much about the
> hardware of the various Palm OS PDAs, but I do know
> C(2+) and Java and that there are compilers (though
> limited) for both of these languages on the Palm OS.
> The question I can't answer is will a compiled C
> program be fast enough with PDA hardware? Also, is
> the I/O fast enough?
>
> The PDA would have to receive signal between 1 and
> 9kHz (representing RPM), determine the frequency, look
> up the frequency on a table correlating the input
> frequency and output frequency, and output a frequency
> up to .6kHz probably 15 time/sec. Simultaneously, it
> would receive a voltage representing throttle
> position, and look up the input frequency and throttle
> position on a table correlating these with a pulse
> width and frequency up to .6kHz.
>
> There would be no need to access the display.
>
> Power is not a problem b/c the PDA would be hardwired.
>
>
> Some signal conditioning would be performed by
> circuits outside the PDA.
>
> So, feasible?
>
> Josh
>
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