Hi, I only discovered this forum earlier today and have been searching through posts to find help with my electronics project, there seems to be a very helpful and friendly community here ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have seen that several people have tried this 'Digital Gear Indicator' project before but i have a situation that is different to the other projects. I am going to build the whole system on a breadboard, and would ideally like it to be something similar to this:
Simulation of changing through the gears --> ADC --> Counter --> Decoder --> 7 Segment Display
As you can see I am going to simulate the bike changing through the gears. I am looking for the best way to do this, I have thought of using a Signal Generator and create a sin wave with a greater frequency depending on the gear, not sure if this will work? Or I have read that a sensor on the bike (not quite sure where?) will give out a different voltage depending on the gear that the bike is in, but it is quite important that i use an ADC within the system.
Also what would be the best way to convert the digital output from the ADC to something that could be understood by the 7seg decoder?
Any comments on this are appreciated![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Thanks in advanced!!
I have seen that several people have tried this 'Digital Gear Indicator' project before but i have a situation that is different to the other projects. I am going to build the whole system on a breadboard, and would ideally like it to be something similar to this:
Simulation of changing through the gears --> ADC --> Counter --> Decoder --> 7 Segment Display
As you can see I am going to simulate the bike changing through the gears. I am looking for the best way to do this, I have thought of using a Signal Generator and create a sin wave with a greater frequency depending on the gear, not sure if this will work? Or I have read that a sensor on the bike (not quite sure where?) will give out a different voltage depending on the gear that the bike is in, but it is quite important that i use an ADC within the system.
Also what would be the best way to convert the digital output from the ADC to something that could be understood by the 7seg decoder?
Any comments on this are appreciated
Thanks in advanced!!