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What stops your Arduino project?

cstanton
cstanton over 3 years ago

Say you want to create a solution to a problem you have, like automating the door on a chicken coop with the time of day...

What tends to stop you from developing it? Do you find that you encounter a problem part way through the project? Is it some knowledge you're lacking or is it the software?

Would you benefit from help with circuit design? Or is it something else?

We're looking at expanding our introduction videos and guidance on using Arduino products, and I'm interested in what you need help with, so reply and let us know, regardless of knowledge level.

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy over 3 years ago +7
    I run into problems when sensors or peripherals that I want to use don't have libraries available for the Arduino IDE and it is necessary to port a library or develop one from scratch. I also have problems…
  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 3 years ago +7
    I find the Arduino libraries helpful for most of my simple projects. Unfortunately, there is much poor Arduino code on the internet and care must be taken to find a good source. So, a list of reputable…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 3 years ago +7
    I just fired up Arduino and it printed this: void setup() { // put your setup code here, to run once: } void loop() { // put your main code here, to run repeatedly: } Which is ok, there…
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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 3 years ago

    A simple debugger. Step, breakpoint and watching variables is a good start. A debugger is available for some boards now as a separate kit.' I've missed IDE debugger integration since day 1. 

    Low power designs. Most Arduino Classic designs run the controller in high power mode, and converting those to low power is not straightforward. Improved with the MKRxxxx family.

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  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm over 3 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Oh, come on now. duh its called "printf ie printf("variables LAT %f6, LON%f6, ALT%f6, pitch %f6, roll f6, yaw f6",
    lat, lon, alt, pitch, roll, yaw" );
    if you want to be fancy you can create a function  void debug () { line above; return;}
    in C even if you have a function of a void type you can still add the return statement. 

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 3 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

    It has the same drawbacks as a debugger - printf influences execution time and makes parallel processes run serial in some cases - 
    without the benefits of a debugger. We're in 2022.

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    phoenixcomm over 3 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Jan, get over it, in most cases a printf is all you need. 

    A debugger is used nomally used in assembly code

    If you really want a debugger with breakpoints use Eclipse.

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    phoenixcomm over 3 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Jan, get over it, in most cases a printf is all you need. 

    A debugger is used nomally used in assembly code

    If you really want a debugger with breakpoints use Eclipse.

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