- Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:57 pm
#33998
Hello all,
I've been recruited to help MIT with their entry into the Solar Decathalon:
http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/
Where various teams compete with designing and building efficient solar houses. The contest is sponsored by US DoE and NREL.
I've been involved with this for about a week, and am under a lot of pressure to come up with some sensor solutions really quickly. They need to be mounted around the house, and something that is not ugly in its environment - i.e, energy efficient. I've looked at the modules available from Sparkfun and I think that's what we'll end up using. The problem is, while I have some electronics and computer hardware experience, and a lot of software experience (mostly with Linux), I am new to microcontrollers. I am reading up on them in my spare time, and it reminds me much of programming for my old Apple ][+
So, what I am asking for here is any shortcuts, existing code, schematics, , or experiences of others that might be useful in my project. I am very willing to give credit for any contributions.
I've been recruited to help MIT with their entry into the Solar Decathalon:
http://web.mit.edu/solardecathlon/
Where various teams compete with designing and building efficient solar houses. The contest is sponsored by US DoE and NREL.
I've been involved with this for about a week, and am under a lot of pressure to come up with some sensor solutions really quickly. They need to be mounted around the house, and something that is not ugly in its environment - i.e, energy efficient. I've looked at the modules available from Sparkfun and I think that's what we'll end up using. The problem is, while I have some electronics and computer hardware experience, and a lot of software experience (mostly with Linux), I am new to microcontrollers. I am reading up on them in my spare time, and it reminds me much of programming for my old Apple ][+
So, what I am asking for here is any shortcuts, existing code, schematics, , or experiences of others that might be useful in my project. I am very willing to give credit for any contributions.