Author Topic: PING Ultrasonic - make noise?  (Read 3071 times)

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PING Ultrasonic - make noise?
« on: February 12, 2010, 12:52:15 AM »
When using the PING ultrasonic sensor, can you hear clicking or any kind of noise?
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Re: PING Ultrasonic - make noise?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2010, 01:33:33 AM »
Main thing is to not read the sensor too fast. Ultrasound continues bouncing around for a while. So don't read quicker than, say, every 50ms else your current reading may get a bounce from an earlier ping.
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