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circumference measurement for a shell

neepu
neepu over 9 years ago

Refer the attached image,this is i want to do,measuring circumference of large shell.

For calculating this, im going to fix the sensor stationary and rotating the shell, in this the sensor points from position say P0,now the shell rotates P0,P1,P2,sensor keeps tracking...After attaining the initial P0,the sensor stops,length is measured is that the circumference.image

is this concept possible to implement?

i am new to arduino..kindly help.

is there any other method to calculate circumference of a big size shell?

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  • dougw
    dougw over 9 years ago +1
    If you use a PS2 mouse as your sensor, there is an arduino library that will track the distance.
  • neepu
    neepu over 9 years ago in reply to neepu +1
    Let me add some details in my question to elaborate what I am asking for - The idea is to measure the vertical and horizontal distance traveled by the mouse without the screen size limitation. I have a…
  • eramos
    eramos over 9 years ago +1
    A wheel coupled to an encoder. There are encoder sketches on line.
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    eramos over 9 years ago

    A wheel coupled to an encoder. There are encoder sketches on line.

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    eramos over 9 years ago

    A wheel coupled to an encoder. There are encoder sketches on line.

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    neepu over 9 years ago in reply to eramos

    How the output of encoder can be used to measure length?

    can you provide me sample code ? point out example/links?

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