Pulse Counter Module RB Ghi-97 Compatibility Question

angelusvetus · January 1, 2016, 2:39am

This module appears to fit an application I am trying to build. I have an Arduino Due controller. I would like to interface the pulse counter board to the Arduino Due. I realize that the Arduino can be configured to count pulses, but the frequency is limited before the interrupts will start missing counts (even when controlling the ports directly). Ultimately I would like to buffer up counts, then dump the count to the Arduino periodically for processing. I could find very little information on the pinout of the Pulse Counter header socket or anything else for that matter.

Any information on the compatibility with the Arduino Due, the pinout, signal assignment, or links to information would be greatly appreciated.
Attached is a screenshot of the board in question.

Thanks in Advance,

Angelusvetus

km6vv · January 1, 2016, 6:23am

Do you need a shaft encoder?

Why not just use a counter chip to prescale the pulse stream?

Alan KM6VV

slatour · January 4, 2016, 1:56pm

Hi,

@KM6VV: It looks like this is what he wants to do!

This module is made for the gadgeteer module but you should be able to make it work on Arduino usi SPI.

Here is the connector pinout:

And here is the chip’s datasheet.
LS7366.pdf (80.1 KB)

We hope this will help you !

Best regards,

angelusvetus · January 4, 2016, 10:06pm

Thank You! Very helpful.

Best Regards.