Need Micro / Pic programming done will pay

[retrotubeguy]

Hi. Is there anyone who has the time and experience to program a micro or pic for my project. I have an  idea what I need. Still working on the details. Started messing with Arduino but cant seem to get it to do exactly what I need. I don't have the experience with C to pull it off. I will put together a detailed explanation of what I need if some one is willing to give it a go. I would appreciate it. I will eventually learn to do it my self. Maybe I can get some clues from the code that is written for me so I can manage it in future. I am fairly busy on the hardware side of things and need a little help. I would obviously pay for this and don't expect it for free although I am on a tight budget. If anyone is interested could they please send me a PM and I will forward my details.

Thanks in advance

[picandmix]

You need to give some clue as to what your project involves.

[SL4P]

... and to answer your PMs

[Daving]

You may consider putting in a support request at Microchip.  They can at least help you get pointed to the relevant appnotes and other "getting started" type of material.  Put in a case, if you don't hear back in a few days, then call in.

Edit:
http://www.microchip.com/support/hottopics.aspx
Click on "My Support" and then "My Cases"

[Aodhan145]

Was there any updates on this?

[ebclr]

With PIC processor ?

[Sal Ammoniac]

This reminds me of a request that once appeared on getacoder.com:

A member of getacoder.com posted and asked for someone to write an operating system for him. It had to have all the features of Windows XP Professional. In return, he would be willing to pay $20 to $100.

The listing:

I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms Windows XP etc. but has the same style. It does not need to run on a mac but all the other PCs. It's supposed to have a stylish look with clear edges etc. And ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A REDESIGNED WINDOWS as I'm going to sell that operating system later on. These are some important points :

It should have ALL THE FEATURES that Windows Xp Professional has. ALL the files that run on Windows XP ust also run on the BlueOrb OS. It must have a very user-friendly interface (like MS WINDOWS XP) When it gets Installed, the user needs to insert a serial number. It HAS to be HACKER SAFE! It must be quick and good looking.

[Aodhan145]

This reminds me of a request that once appeared on getacoder.com:

A member of getacoder.com posted and asked for someone to write an operating system for him. It had to have all the features of Windows XP Professional. In return, he would be willing to pay $20 to $100.

The listing:

I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms Windows XP etc. but has the same style. It does not need to run on a mac but all the other PCs. It's supposed to have a stylish look with clear edges etc. And ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A REDESIGNED WINDOWS as I'm going to sell that operating system later on. These are some important points :

It should have ALL THE FEATURES that Windows Xp Professional has. ALL the files that run on Windows XP ust also run on the BlueOrb OS. It must have a very user-friendly interface (like MS WINDOWS XP) When it gets Installed, the user needs to insert a serial number. It HAS to be HACKER SAFE! It must be quick and good looking.

I would of tried to just just given him a Linux distro with wine installed. Problem solved. How did he really expect anyone to do this.

Also I have been emailing retrotubeguy about doing this project he was explaining the specifications, until he said he was going to send me the bom then he never replied again I emailed him my self asking about a reply still did not get one. This was march 14th so before he posted this post I am completely confused now to what he was doing. I though I was doing it.

[obiwanjacobi]

This reminds me of a request that once appeared on getacoder.com:

A member of getacoder.com posted and asked for someone to write an operating system for him. It had to have all the features of Windows XP Professional. In return, he would be willing to pay $20 to $100.

The listing:

I need someone to program me a new OS (Operasting System) that looks different than Ms Windows XP etc. but has the same style. It does not need to run on a mac but all the other PCs. It's supposed to have a stylish look with clear edges etc. And ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST A REDESIGNED WINDOWS as I'm going to sell that operating system later on. These are some important points :

It should have ALL THE FEATURES that Windows Xp Professional has. ALL the files that run on Windows XP ust also run on the BlueOrb OS. It must have a very user-friendly interface (like MS WINDOWS XP) When it gets Installed, the user needs to insert a serial number. It HAS to be HACKER SAFE! It must be quick and good looking.

    

[Mechatrommer]

This reminds me of a request that once appeared on getacoder.com:

   

what do you expect? this is a very legitimate request from users who knows nothing about coding...the irony about the world's forum and trend is that, the most featurefull and the less priced it is (aka free) wins. just imagine if this trend leaked to tangible matters... china will be on top of the world...

[dannyf]

"Also I have been emailing retrotubeguy about doing this project"

Better you find it out than fter having delivered your products too him.

[Wilksey]

Sounds dodgy!
I would request 50% upfront before considering touching code for this guy, and then only give the hex file for testing until the full whack had been paid!

These freelance coder / engineer sites are absolute horse sh!t, you may as well give your time away free, you get paid a meaningless amount to basically support the "product" for the rest of your life!  I looked at a few, but instantly got put off by the undercutting of pricing by the Indian and Chinese population, i.e. will work for a bowl of rice sir and get it done in 2 days time sir. 

 

[Aodhan145]

These freelance coder / engineer sites are absolute horse sh!t, you may as well give your time away free, you get paid a meaningless amount to basically support the "product" for the rest of your life!  I looked at a few, but instantly got put off by the undercutting of pricing by the Indian and Chinese population, i.e. will work for a bowl of rice sir and get it done in 2 days time sir. 

 

You are so right everything on sites like freelancer are really underbid. It is mainly Indians who have really high number of jobs done. It is ridiculous.

[dannyf]

"It is ridiculous"

That's precisely how a free market wworks and how the internet brings down the barriers and enhances productivity.

You can either make yourself more competitive or suck it up.

I have said many times before, programmers in a high cost country have to figure out different ways to add values. Competing on prices is not one of them.

[dferyance]

That's precisely how a free market wworks and how the internet brings down the barriers and enhances productivity.
You can either make yourself more competitive or suck it up.

While I mostly agree with that sentiment, I gotta wonder how often the money is just being thrown away. A really useful program takes a good amount of time just to deal with requirements, much less write the code. If this kind of thing doesn't need to be done, there is likely an acceptable free/cheap program that will do it anyway.

It is like some of the cheap things I have bought from china. I have a nice-looking flashlight whose switch is really flaky. Yeah it was bright, and cheap, but I had to throw it away after a day. There is such a thing as too cheap.

In the world of engineering, or anything that requires a good amount of expertise, it is possible to essentially cheat the person doing the hiring. Do the job that technically meets the specs but isn't useful, copy someone else's work and pass it off as your own, make a program that appears to do what you ask but only works 90%. Because one person is an expert and the other knows very little, you can play all sorts of games with them.

There may be a few places where someone doing a quick hack for cheap works out, but I don't see that kind of need show up very often.

[dannyf]

"I gotta wonder how often the money is just being thrown away"

And the fact you don't see lots of complaints about this approach and it is gaining momentum should give you some comfort.

There was a story a few years ago a programmer (for Verizon as I recall) outsourced his own job to India so he could focus on something else. Same concept, different execution.

[dferyance]

And the fact you don't see lots of complaints about this approach and it is gaining momentum should give you some comfort.

There was a story a few years ago a programmer (for Verizon as I recall) outsourced his own job to India so he could focus on something else. Same concept, different execution.

Maybe... But it is amazing how often I have seen terribly executed projects be praised as successful and the people who caused the problems be promoted. In business, there is a huge incentive to not point out your mistakes. e.g. "Yeah I saved the company tons of money by outsourcing ourproject" while ignoring that the people who use the software had to go back to manual methods due to it being so bad. So I guess I have gotten really cynical about that sort of thing. It is possible I am too much so, but it is a form of throwing the specs over the wall which never ends well. That said sometimes there are busywork things that go on, that are completely unimportant and you might as well go cheap just to checkbox it as done.

[Galenbo]

...to program a micro or pic for my project. I have an idea what I need. Still working on the details. .... I will put together a detailed explanation of what I need...

Please send me your explanations/requirements, alongside with a first payment of 1500 euro, witch is compensation for the time I need to decode those explanations/requirements