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New Product Ideas / Re: How about a 170 Points Mini Breadboard adapter?
« on: October 03, 2015, 12:12:01 PM »
I just wanted to second this - a breadboard adapter for a TinyDuino stack would be a great tool.
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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: TinyShield_RTC set date problem with RTC Library Tests
« on: September 15, 2015, 09:43:03 PM »
Ben,
Thanks for the response.
After I posted my original question, I commented out the read_time() call and hard-coded the time and date into the set_time() function, to prove to myself that the problem was NOT in set_time(). That worked.
I'm using the Arduino 1.6.5 development environment, which has a crude dumb terminal interface. I removed my sledgehammer code and restored the call to read_time(), and this time used a "real" terminal emulator, Anzio Lite, to enter the time/date. That worked, too.
My guess is that when I hit "SEND" on the stock terminal interface, it inserts a newline or LF/CR into the data stream. That may have been picked up by the read_int() and popped into the year variable.
I'm not positive that the stock terminal interface is the problem, but it worked fine using Anzio to communicate with my stack.
BTW, I'm building an infrared "people counter" for use on a bike trail (or in a doorway, where ever one needs to count people!). My stack contains a TinyDuino, the RTC board, a microSD board, and a proto board to connect the infrared detector and a temperature/humidity sensor. I've already built a prototype using a SparkFun Redboard and an RTC-datalogging shield. The Tiny stuff looks like I can do a low-power version I can run for a couple of months off a 5v 3AH portable USB charger, sleeping most of the time, and waking up on an interrupt from the IR sensor to time-stamp an entry into the CSV logfile. I'm going to log IR "hits", timestamp, temp, humidity, and voltage so I can get some long term metrics on how long I can power this thing.
Thanks again for your response,
RLW
Thanks for the response.
After I posted my original question, I commented out the read_time() call and hard-coded the time and date into the set_time() function, to prove to myself that the problem was NOT in set_time(). That worked.
I'm using the Arduino 1.6.5 development environment, which has a crude dumb terminal interface. I removed my sledgehammer code and restored the call to read_time(), and this time used a "real" terminal emulator, Anzio Lite, to enter the time/date. That worked, too.
My guess is that when I hit "SEND" on the stock terminal interface, it inserts a newline or LF/CR into the data stream. That may have been picked up by the read_int() and popped into the year variable.
I'm not positive that the stock terminal interface is the problem, but it worked fine using Anzio to communicate with my stack.
BTW, I'm building an infrared "people counter" for use on a bike trail (or in a doorway, where ever one needs to count people!). My stack contains a TinyDuino, the RTC board, a microSD board, and a proto board to connect the infrared detector and a temperature/humidity sensor. I've already built a prototype using a SparkFun Redboard and an RTC-datalogging shield. The Tiny stuff looks like I can do a low-power version I can run for a couple of months off a 5v 3AH portable USB charger, sleeping most of the time, and waking up on an interrupt from the IR sensor to time-stamp an entry into the CSV logfile. I'm going to log IR "hits", timestamp, temp, humidity, and voltage so I can get some long term metrics on how long I can power this thing.
Thanks again for your response,
RLW
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General Discussion / Re: No search facility in forum?
« on: September 13, 2015, 11:32:28 AM »
Duhhhh... Found it. It was right in front of my nose. Sorry for the inattention!
RLW
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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / TinyShield_RTC set date problem with RTC Library Tests
« on: September 12, 2015, 02:00:39 PM »
Apologies in advance if this has been covered in another thread, but I can't seem to find a search facility for the forum.
I've downloaded and installed the TinyShield_RTC example code for the [url https://www.tiny-circuits.com/tiny-shield-rtc.html]Tiny Shield Realtime Clock module[/url].
When I try to use "Set Time" function with the RTC Library Tests, the date portion is mangled.
I put some print statements into the set_time() function so I could see how it handles my input.
I entered the following:
20150912 13:56:45
And I get the response:
Entered date is: -12019840 13:56:45 <====== (This is the output of my Serial.print calls in set_time() )
The current time is 0/8/2047 13:56:45
It looks like it correctly parses the time, but the date is completely munged.
Could the problem be in the overloaded read_int() function?
RLW
I've downloaded and installed the TinyShield_RTC example code for the [url https://www.tiny-circuits.com/tiny-shield-rtc.html]Tiny Shield Realtime Clock module[/url].
When I try to use "Set Time" function with the RTC Library Tests, the date portion is mangled.
I put some print statements into the set_time() function so I could see how it handles my input.
I entered the following:
20150912 13:56:45
And I get the response:
Entered date is: -12019840 13:56:45 <====== (This is the output of my Serial.print calls in set_time() )
The current time is 0/8/2047 13:56:45
It looks like it correctly parses the time, but the date is completely munged.
Could the problem be in the overloaded read_int() function?
RLW
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General Discussion / No search facility in forum?
« on: September 12, 2015, 01:49:34 PM »
It could be right in front of my face, but I can't seem to find a search facility in the forum.
Am I missing something?
RLW
Am I missing something?
RLW
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