Dave,
The MP2000/2100 has the ability to transmit & receive infrared via a
limited subset of the IrDA protocol. Older model (MP1XX) use an older Sharp
protocol called ASK.
Even if the go kart is transmitting using the IrDA you would have to write
a decoder for the data to understand the bytestream, convert to newton
format, then poke that data into a Quickfigure spreadsheet.
Check the FAQ for more info about IrDA:
http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIB3c
Michael Guzzo
-- original message --
Hi All,
I'm wondering what anyone can tell me about the infrared side of the
Newton.
To explain, I race Go Karts and have a small lap timing and engine revs
computer on my kart. It has the ability to beam it's data to a PC in
csv format, so that you can graph it etc... etc...
Of course you've all guessed that I'd *love* to be able to use the
Newton for this. I know that I'll need a custom programmed app for
this and I'm happy to give it a go, but I haven't the faintest on how
to integrate infrared into this sort of app. I also have no idea of
the structure of the incoming stream, so I know I'm doing it blind, but
there's no point in not having a go...
Any ideas=3F
Regards
Dave
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