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Re: Alternate Controller

The answer I got from IFI regarding the timing of the signal is:

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The channel data is adjusted to get values from 0 – 255 and the channel data spacing is 2ms.
Meaning the signal that is sent out is basically the analog output from the different pots and switches in the controller using an 8-1 analog mux to select one channel at a time. Each output is transmitted for 2ms, and then they switch the mux to the next channel. I'm assuming that they go in order when switching channels, but I haven't looked into it. I'll scope the mux control lines just to make sure of the order.

This probably isn't going to be that hard to do. I'm going to use a PIC instead of the Basic Stamp (too slow). I'll look into this some more during the weekend, as I've got a lot going at work right now.
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