Maybe Arduino is something for me??

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Hi, I have a little job, that I need to make. I have looked for ways to solve it, at maybe Arduino is a solution for my issue. Please let me know, as i have never played with this before - only some pic16f, that i programmed in assembler.

The project is as follows: I get a 10 bit parallel gray-code from an encoder (24 V signals). This i have to read out - my idea was to read it out on a 16x2 lcd display, as i already have this laying around. Initially, i guess, that i have to convert the graycode to a 10bit binary, and then again convert this into a 4 digit decimal or even a 4 digit 7-seg, if I should choose to use 7-segments instead.
Since the pic16f series only have a 8bit databus, I think, that it would be easier to either choose a pic24f (16bit) or maybe try out an Arduino for the first time.
What do you think - maybe you even have some code made, that I can have a look at for doing the job?

Best regards

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The Arduino can easily do what you want, perhaps with a little additional hardware such as two Parallel-in/Serial-out shift registers. That would allow you to capture 16 bita at one time.

The conversion from Grey to Binary is fairly easy and the Arduino can do it.

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Arduino is so far running on 8-bit hardware but it's no problem using 16 or 32 bit variables, especially with the C compiler available. You can capture 10-bit parallel with external chips or you can use 5 pins each of PORTB and PORTD although you'll have to shift 24V down to 5V unless you buy a Ruggeduino which is built to take up to 24V directly.

What should get your rocks off is the Arduino IDE, at least if you're at all familiar with C/C++. And since you've already worked with PIC you know about limited environments. I think you will do well.

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