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I'm probably biased because I got started programming with a 48K ZX Spectrum when I was around 12, and low-level stuff followed. But I started getting interest
by stevekemp 9y ago
I'm probably biased because I got started programming with a 48K ZX Spectrum when I was around 12, and low-level stuff followed.
But I started getting interested in "hardware" about this time last year. Soldering was a bit fiddly since I'd only rarely done it in the past, but the programming side was pretty simple to handle. I found tutorials which were very beginner, even non-programmer, friendly.
Of course it helps that I've programmed in C for 20+ years, and I can still do assembly-stuff if I must, but I don't think it is unreasonable for a complete beginner to do useful/fun things given enough willpower.
The only downside for me is ordering kit from AliExpress which takes ~1 month to arrive to me. I'm currently waiting on some E-Paper, which I was recently surprised to discover is very affordable..
- duckwheat 9y agoWhich e paper did you get? I was planning to order some soon
- therein 9y agoI am interested in hearing about this as well.
- stevekemp 9y agoI went for a Waveshare 400x300 module for approximately €25. The 800x600 module is perhaps the better size, for €46, but this is just for me to experiment with. I have no particular use for the paper, I'm just impressed that it is suddenly "cheap".
- a_c 9y agoCan you or someone recommend tutorial programming esp8266 "natively"? Most of the tutorial I cam across uses a mix of arduino IDE, nodemcu or micropython. I want to interact with esp8266 and the on-board mcu directly using C. I feel like these tools abstract away a whole lot of fundamental concepts, rendering most projects out there hobby-ish. But I have limited knowledge on embedded programming. Hope someone can shed some material programming esp8266 from scratch. Thank you!