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| robjodicarter:
The vehicle is an off road vehicle only, it's registered that way. And yes maybe I'm shooting for the moon but I catch on quick, and have a little experience with electronics (DC) side anyway. I think I'll be good I have allot of support here, and I think I'll be good. --- Quote from: james_s on September 30, 2018, 06:16:25 pm ---Yes I'm just a little concerned about a total beginner trying to grasp the electronics side and the firmware side all at once while building something that may be a critical safety feature on a road going car. It's certainly possible to do, but it's easy to bite off more than one can chew. --- End quote --- Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: james_s on September 30, 2018, 06:16:25 pm ---Yes I'm just a little concerned about a total beginner trying to grasp the electronics side and the firmware side all at once while building something that may be a critical safety feature on a road going car. It's certainly possible to do, but it's easy to bite off more than one can chew. --- End quote --- Agreed - but if it was a road-going vehicle, I would not be advocating this project, let alone assisting. Also - the programming rabbit hole can, indeed, be deep, but I am guiding things along a learning path that the OP will, hopefully, be able to traverse. If he's been a half-decent mechanic, then he will have a logical mind - which is the biggest requirement. I don't see bringing him up to speed on the basics of programming to be a worry. Where I see the challenge will be in the best way to store the information about the animations ... but I think we will get there. Baby steps. And - yes - there are some very ordinary programmers out in the world making good money. The stories I could tell...................................................... |
| robjodicarter:
If I begin with a mega 2560 that should have enough space for now or I can store code on my phone I have a Arduino program on my phone so I can transfer code for it also. Or is that a bad idea? --- Quote from: Brumby on October 01, 2018, 02:11:51 am --- --- Quote from: james_s on September 30, 2018, 06:16:25 pm ---Yes I'm just a little concerned about a total beginner trying to grasp the electronics side and the firmware side all at once while building something that may be a critical safety feature on a road going car. It's certainly possible to do, but it's easy to bite off more than one can chew. --- End quote --- Agreed - but if it was a road-going vehicle, I would not be advocating this project, let alone assisting. Also - the programming rabbit hole can, indeed, be deep, but I am guiding things along a learning path that the OP will, hopefully, be able to traverse. If he's been a half-decent mechanic, then he will have a logical mind - which is the biggest requirement. I don't see bringing him up to speed on the basics of programming to be a worry. Where I see the challenge will be in the best way to store the information about the animations ... but I think we will get there. Baby steps. And - yes - there are some very ordinary programmers out in the world making good money. The stories I could tell...................................................... --- End quote --- Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk |
| Brumby:
Starting with a Mega 2560 is not a bad idea. It has 256K of flash memory for storing your program - and since the animations will (for one approach) require storing data for each frame, you might need a bit of storage. Having such a big (well, for an Arduino) playground will allow you to be less worried about optimisation and allow you to focus on getting something working. Once you get it working, you can see what resources are being used and you can then look at optimisation if you want. I use a Mega 2560 ADK board (it has USB host) for my base development platform. Once I get something new working, I then look at fitting the program into a cheaper/smaller board for implementation. As for working on an App, that might be OK for you, but I'm too comfortable with a PC, keyboard and mouse - and two 27" screens to consider working that way. I have no feedback on whether the App is good or not. |
| robjodicarter:
What about this? As a kit? --- Quote from: Brumby on October 01, 2018, 05:14:30 am ---Starting with a Mega 2560 is not a bad idea. It has 256K of flash memory for storing your program - and since the animations will (for one approach) require storing data for each frame, you might need a bit of storage. Having such a big (well, for an Arduino) playground will allow you to be less worried about optimisation and allow you to focus on getting something working. Once you get it working, you can see what resources are being used and you can then look at optimisation if you want. I use a Mega 2560 ADK board (it has USB host) for my base development platform. Once I get something new working, I then look at fitting the program into a cheaper/smaller board for implementation. As for working on an App, that might be OK for you, but I'm too comfortable with a PC, keyboard and mouse - and two 27" screens to consider working that way. I have no feedback on whether the App is good or not. --- End quote --- Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk |
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