Re: Ultrasonic range finder - BULK BUY?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Paul

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

This would work ok with Homevision ....Gerry i believe currently controls
his rgbled boards from Homevision and the serial protocol is much the same
......

HTH
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:04 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Ultrasonic range finder - BULK BUY?


Onlist!

I'd be interested in these for a garage parking sensor. I'd envisage them
being used to tell how far in the car is and prevent the garage door
closing
if it's not in the right spot. The thing is, it'd need to interface
directly
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?
>
> Hi all
>
> Is there any interest in a bulk buy for these ultrasonic range finders
> that Frank pointed out a week ago?
>
> 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.
Individually
> they are listed at 30 dollars which is around £16.50 before
shipping or
> anything so a very competitive price.
>
> Any takers? I would need to get at least 10 to realise this price
> including any for myself.
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> Replies off list please (use the forward button not the reply button
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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
>
> Gerry is famous (with some anyway) for his RGB controller board. I
don't
> 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
>
> Ian
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