That may sound like a sarcastic troll headline in and of itself, but I mean it sincerely- I posted an arduino programming issue over on the big arduino forum, trying to figure out why something worked one way in one sketch, but when I added a couple lines of code, it stopped working. At first it was a good experience- received some pointers on ways to optimize the code, and some questions about the hardware (I had anticipated this, so I had my schematics ready to go), but then the discussion focused ONLY on my hardware! I had this breadboarded out and it was working fine right in front of me the whole time, but everyone was so adamant that TIP120s were, "sooo 1970's tech, and you need mosfets", and that, "I needed a current limiting resistor on my buzzer" (which hadn't been implemented yet, and wasn't part of the issue!). Fine. I get that. But when I pushed for an answer on the code, and even posted videos showing both sketches running on the hardware that they said wasn't correct, the responses dried up immediately. It was clear to me that no one actually could help. I bumped the post once more after 10 days of silence, and then, after another period of silence, buckled down last weekend and FIXED IT MYSELF! :lol: Bold is because that felt really and truly amazing, since I've honestly been struggling with this bit of code for 2 months out of 6, since I started the project. I'm not a programmer nor an EE, so this felt like I was seeing in 6 dimensions for a brief period of time.
Now back to the title- when I have an issue with absolutely anything, and I post it here, I get honest feedback and insightful questions- that's the hallmark of a truly experienced and caring group! Bravissimo, and thank you all!!
Now back to the title- when I have an issue with absolutely anything, and I post it here, I get honest feedback and insightful questions- that's the hallmark of a truly experienced and caring group! Bravissimo, and thank you all!!