Posted: Jun 28, 2018 2:44 pm
OK I am beginning to come to grips with this, but the Arduino compiler has some quarks unique to it, and operates on a bastardized version of C. The specific complier can found on the following site. Further references spring from this page.
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Also each variety of Arduino has it’s own idiosyncratic specs, and some have less, or more, pins with which to interact with the physical world. I have selected the Nano for the small footprint and low cost. Most people use prototyping “punch” boards where jumper wires are inserted to make connections to peripheral devices. Since I have some skills with delicate soldering, and logical wire routing abilities, those boards hold little interest for me.
I had the notion that I needed to define the term “scale” but my mind just wasn’t into it yesterday. The direction my country is headed is quite distracting to say the least. Add in our Africa hot summers, which are the most challenging part of the year for our off grid lifestyle, and my creativity goes into the shitter.
Back when I took coding relatively seriously I used the 80’s version of Microsoft BASIC, and although the software was primitive by the standards of full fledged C the pathway to solutions was more clear. Granted my brain was far more flexible 40+ years ago than today, so there is a very high likelihood my current confusion, and distraction, have combined into brain lock.
I fully agree that a detailed reference source, in print form, would be a huge help. Sure, I could browse the online references provided by the Arduino CC, and address the issue in the associated forum. The trouble is the forum is infested with smart asses that would rather score points for being obtuse than actually helping, and my learning style is geared more toward printed media (a hold over from my days at college when highlighting and note taking was a thing).
I hate being inept at anything, which I know is a personal issue, and coding in C exposes just how clueless I really am. I really do want to understand the issues at hand, so I deeply appreciate the help being offered here.
I plan on mounting another attack on this maze of terms later today and apply the latest advice.
RS
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
Also each variety of Arduino has it’s own idiosyncratic specs, and some have less, or more, pins with which to interact with the physical world. I have selected the Nano for the small footprint and low cost. Most people use prototyping “punch” boards where jumper wires are inserted to make connections to peripheral devices. Since I have some skills with delicate soldering, and logical wire routing abilities, those boards hold little interest for me.
I had the notion that I needed to define the term “scale” but my mind just wasn’t into it yesterday. The direction my country is headed is quite distracting to say the least. Add in our Africa hot summers, which are the most challenging part of the year for our off grid lifestyle, and my creativity goes into the shitter.
Back when I took coding relatively seriously I used the 80’s version of Microsoft BASIC, and although the software was primitive by the standards of full fledged C the pathway to solutions was more clear. Granted my brain was far more flexible 40+ years ago than today, so there is a very high likelihood my current confusion, and distraction, have combined into brain lock.
I fully agree that a detailed reference source, in print form, would be a huge help. Sure, I could browse the online references provided by the Arduino CC, and address the issue in the associated forum. The trouble is the forum is infested with smart asses that would rather score points for being obtuse than actually helping, and my learning style is geared more toward printed media (a hold over from my days at college when highlighting and note taking was a thing).
I hate being inept at anything, which I know is a personal issue, and coding in C exposes just how clueless I really am. I really do want to understand the issues at hand, so I deeply appreciate the help being offered here.
I plan on mounting another attack on this maze of terms later today and apply the latest advice.
RS