Since video 10 our software shows the cycle status and the current day / night time on the PC screen. The next step is to be able to enter a new value for the cycle time via the keyboard. Luckily this is made easy … the Arduino has several instructions to read data: Serial.available() tells […]
Now that our code works well, thanks to using the unsigned long data type or by typecasting an int to an unsigned long where needed, we can now continue with our User Interface. We like to see the current status of the day-night cycle on the PC screen and dynamically update it. The plan is […]
When I worked with a large tech company, we had this cartoon on the wall to remind us of the importance of good communication between all parties involved in a project: If a project starts with unambiguous specifications, properly reviewed and agreed upon by all parties, costly modifications in the later phases of a project […]
