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Re: Laser Rangefinders

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Originally Posted by EHaskins View Post
You would need a much faster processor than that. You couldn't possibly process the signal every cycle.
The CPU doesn't have to do all the work. I know of a system having a 2 MHz processor that still manages to do time-domain reflectometry with better than 2 meter resolution. A separate 75 MHz clock drives a fast counter which controls the pulse generation and detection circuitry.