RE: Ultrasonic range finder - BULK BUY?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Onlist!

I'd be interested in these for a garage parking sensor. I'd envisage them
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eing used to tell how far in the car is and prevent the garage door
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if it's not in the right spot. The thing is, it'd need to interface direct=
ly with either Comfort or HomeVision to provide resilience.

Do you think this would work?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> ian.bird@xxxxxxx
> Sent: 17 July 2006 10:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Ultrasonic range finder - BULK BUY?
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> Hi all
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> Is there any interest in a bulk buy for these ultrasonic range finders
> that Frank pointed out a week ago?
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> http://www.maxbotix.com/
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> From reading the specs it seems very easy to interface to: It needs 5
> volts and a max232 on a bit of copper breadboard if going to a PC. If
not
> and a micro is being used then the 5 volt serial signals can be
connected
> directly. There are other options open to the more adventurous amongst
us
> but I will leave those out of this mail. If you need a more expansive
> interfacing explanation then just ask after reading the docs on the
web
> site.
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> I would expect that once shipping, Vat and customs etc. has been paid
the
> unit price would be around 20 quid or possibly a little less.
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y
> they are listed at 30 dollars which is around =A316.50 before shipping
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> anything so a very competitive price.
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> Any takers? I would need to get at least 10 to realise this price
> including any for myself.
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> > Gerry Duprey is currently developing a pic micro interface which
will
> > handle up to 12 of these and will do an xPL Plugin for it
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> Gerry is famous (with some anyway) for his RGB controller board. I
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> know but I would expect the interface would be serial for xPL. A
similar
> specified xAP board would not be difficult to put together but there
are
> no plans for one as yet.
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> Thanks
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> Ian
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