Is the Raspberry Pi suitable for reading a binary input?

[ewanpth]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of starting a project using a raspberry pi, never used one before.
Can anyone advise if the raspberry pi could be made to read and interpret this data? http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt19 ... 7b79c4.png

I want to be able to log the data output from a digital dial micrometer, which outputs data in the form of six 4-bit nibbles.

I have no knowledge really of the Raspberry Pis capabilities, so I don't know if interpreting binary data is something it's suitable for?

Thanks,
Ewan

[mikronauts]

Looks like roughly 200us per clock, so I think it is feasible using joan's pigpio - but you will have to figure out the code & protocol.

FYI, kudos to you for actually posting useful information allowing people to help you

Hi all,

I'm thinking of starting a project using a raspberry pi, never used one before.
Can anyone advise if the raspberry pi could be made to read and interpret this data? http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt19 ... 7b79c4.png

I want to be able to log the data output from a digital dial micrometer, which outputs data in the form of six 4-bit nibbles.

I have no knowledge really of the Raspberry Pis capabilities, so I don't know if interpreting binary data is something it's suitable for?

Thanks,
Ewan

[joan]

It looks very similar to a digital caliper output.

See viewtopic.php?p=823766#p823766

I think you should be able to tweak that software.

[ewanpth]

Thankyou both, that looks perfect Joan!