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As someone who recently jumped into using hardware to make industrial design prototypes, I can say the biggest hurdle I've faced is the programming aspect of it
by aklouie 13y ago
As someone who recently jumped into using hardware to make industrial design prototypes, I can say the biggest hurdle I've faced is the programming aspect of it. Currently there doesn't seem to be a quick way of making a GUI that controls hardware. I would love to do this through HTML, but without knowing Python, I'm basically SOL. Adafruit and Sparkfun tutorials can only take you so far, but when you need to make an interface for your hardware, the options are much more limited for the non-programmer.
- atmosx 13y agoBut these tools, although largely available to the masses now, are still highly sophisticated pieces of hardware that are meant to be used by experienced[1] programmers. [1] Okay the RPi can be used a starting point even for kids. But the Parallela I don't think so.
- pedalpete 13y agoI've been working on some tools which I'll open-source in a few months, to make it easier for developing the hardware component. I hadn't thought about the interface as being an area that needed help. You say you could do this through HTML, would using Angular Modules work for you? I'm just thinking of how I can add some pretty easy features to do basic interactions with angular.