BASIC Stamp PulsIN function

[sophtware]

I know this topic has resurfaced many times with various solutions, all of which seem to want to use a pin with interrupts on the chip, which seems a little overkill and limiting.

On the basic stamp, this function (pulsin) can be used on ANY pin, so obviously they are not using interrupts on a pin. I would think a function like this could be created for any pin on the PIC and use just a timer, like TMR0.

Having a function like this built in would allow us Mikro users that also have Parallax modules, like the Memsic Accelerometer, to use them with the PIC boards.

I know I can create this funciton my self, but it would be nice if it was included in the libraries. Like this:

unsigned short PulseIn_Rise(pin);
unsigned short PulseIn_Fall(pin);

[zristic]

Check in help for Soft_SPI_Read.