On 30/09/13 23:12, animation animation wrote:
The talk sounds good. How hard is an Arduino to programme if you do not know any C++?
I'll attempt to answer that one, although I believe there are others lurking this list who know way more about Arduino than I do.
Arduino is generally aimed at people who are less computer/programming trained - artists, makers etc. Thus the people behind Arduino seem to have gone to lengths to make the whole thing as accessible as possible. I believe that's why they don't even say officially that it uses C/C++ - that might scare people away!
In many ways, it is a lot easier to get started than programming in a "proper" C/C++ environment. You have a little software written in Java (called Arduino - same as the board) - with few simple controls to check the code and upload it to the board. You can start immediately with one or two lines of code - nothing else required to get things moving.
The beauty of it is that, although the first steps are simple, you are not tied down by the limitations in the interface. There are other libraries which can be called from within the software to add sophisticated functionality. I believe there are some people out there who even load alternate boot-loaders in the Arduino ICU, or even use some other software to compile/upload code. So there are plenty of possibilities out there to keep expanding, once you get going. But to get started, it is as easy as buying a board, plugging the usb cable in and installing the Arduino software (which is available for Windows, Linux and OSX).
Sebastian's last talk was excellent. Able to come in and talk about and show OpenStreetMap in the level he did. Big well done.
Thank you. I aim to please :-) _______________________________________________ Liverpool mailing list Liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/liverpool
