Re: Apple II ADCs

[dciotti@pppl.gov (Dave Ciotti)]

What I do with the AE 16 channel 12 bit ADC is read load cells and
convert a weight on the load cell into the grade of an egg, ie: Large
Mediun Small etc.  The egg grader runs at 1 cycle per second and moves
6 eggs at a time.  So I have to read the 6 load cells twice while the
eggs are on the scales and twice when the eggs are in the air above the
load cells.

I use AC/BASIC and peeks and pokes to read the ADC and to trigger IO/32
cards that fire ejectors to move the eggs into the right packer for
each grade.  The carrier bar that moves the eggs holds 55 eggs at a
time.  You might have read about this setup in II at Work, the short
lived publication from Barney Stone.

We have sold about 40 IIgs controlled egg grading systems in the last
few years, and I am told the European market is now opening to this
system.  Time will tell.

The manufacturer of the egg grader, all I do is the computer, has asked
me to do an IBM system because the interface cards for the Apple II
computers are no longer available.  What a shame!

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