Hi there
im building a built in shoe pedometer as part of a design subject. this being the first time ive ever designed and used any electronics im really confused about how to go about it. so what ive come up with so far is that the step will b sensed by a microswitch embedded into the inner sole of the shoe(at the position of the ball of the foot) when the switch closes due to pressure ezerted from taking a step the transmitter sends a pulse to the reciever and the reciever which is connected to the PIC16F628A will using the software i program into it display that a step has been taken on an LCD screen. Now the part im confused about is whther i need a PIC connected to the transmitter side too so that i program when the switch is closed send a byte of data to the reciever? or would i be able to just connect the transmitter directly to the switch and a 5v supply and each time the switch closes the transmitter sends a pulse out to the reciever and from this i can juz specify in my code everytime theres an interupt by from the Rx pin a step has been taken and increment a counter like that? If i can connect the transmitter module(TXC1) direct to te microswitch is there any suggections on how i can do this?
Im really unsure about this as this is the first time ive ever done electronics and we are supposed to build something unique and nothing too commonand we’ve got 3weeks. Any feedback or suggestions would be much apprecitated! Thank you kindly
Lina