Fyi, I use this sensor.
https://www.seeedstudio.com/Water-Flow-Sensor-YF-B1-p-2878.html

On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 9:38:08 AM UTC+7, Maximillian wrote:
>
> I think I could get around ~40 pulse per each call of flowMeter.
> getFrequencySync() in a Thread.sleep(100) loop.
>
> Is it still unsafe to just use the getFrequencySync() method for that 
> amount of pulse?
>
> Or maybe I can just lower the sleep time to maybe Thread.sleep(50) for 
> better accuracy?
>
> Thanks for the hint, I'll try to look into that.
>
>
> On Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 6:18:52 AM UTC+7, Ytai wrote:
>>
>> What's the maximum pulse rate for your application?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Maximillian <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can you give more hint about how to count?
>>>
>>> I'm not really sure how to do it.
>>>
>>> Big thanks
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:56:20 PM UTC+7, Ytai wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sampling the frequency and integrating will give you an estimate of the 
>>>> total. If it's not accurate enough, you'll need to count.
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 22, 2017 2:51 PM, "Maximillian" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ytai,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is my current code (trimmed for this post)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> int FLOW_METER_PIN = 14;
>>>>>
>>>>> volatile float pulseFreq, totalPulse;
>>>>>
>>>>> PulseInput flowMeter = ioio_.openPulseInput(FLOW_METER_PIN, 
>>>>> PulseInput.PulseMode.FREQ);
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> totalPulse = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>> public void loop() throws ConnectionLostException, InterruptedException
>>>>> {
>>>>>
>>>>>     pulseFreq = flowMeter.getFrequencySync();
>>>>>     totalPulse += pulseFreq;
>>>>>     //display totalPulse value to a textView;
>>>>>
>>>>>     Thread.sleep(100);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Current behavior is already as I expected, the totalPulse textView will 
>>>>> updated only when the hall sensor is spinning (flow detected)
>>>>>
>>>>> If I use the getFrequencySync() method, I think the loop is paused, 
>>>>> waiting the flowMeter to receive input.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it received input, the totalPulse will increase by the amount of 
>>>>> pulseFreq from getFrequencySync().
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't tested with real water yet (I just blow the flow sensor to 
>>>>> make the hall spin for early development test)
>>>>>
>>>>> My question, is it correct to use this approach with the 
>>>>> getFrequencySync() method?
>>>>> Or I still need to hack the DigitalInputImpl to count the pulses?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 4:18:28 AM UTC+7, Ytai wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is known, but there isn't currently a plan to add it. If anyone 
>>>>>> wants to contribute a patch, I will happily consider adopting it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 13, 2017 8:21 PM, "Maximillian" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is this still a known missing feature? As this post is from 2013.. I 
>>>>>>> need to use flow sensor as well..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10:31:46 AM UTC+7, Ytai wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is known missing feature. You can work around this by hacking 
>>>>>>>> DigitalInputImpl to count the pulses: its setValue() method will get 
>>>>>>>> called 
>>>>>>>> on every edge.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 11:21 AM, jorge sb <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi. I want to connect a hall sensor flow meter to ioio.
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps, I could use "PulseInput" but after reading ioio-wiki, I 
>>>>>>>>> see that I can't do it with it.
>>>>>>>>> Really, I need a simple pulse counter but without loosing any 
>>>>>>>>> pulse.
>>>>>>>>> With flow meter I will like to get:
>>>>>>>>> - Total liquid flow (accumulated countered pulses)
>>>>>>>>> - Instant flow (reading difference between two counts in a 
>>>>>>>>> measured time).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With this sensor I could get a pulse every 50 msec or less at max 
>>>>>>>>> rate.
>>>>>>>>> I think I could loose pulses doing periodic read of digital input.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some suggestion.
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>  
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