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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee
What are the requirements of your solar tracker? What does it need to do? Will it be used for aiming something like a solar array or mirror?
What is your rationale for a no-programming approach? Is it a time limitation? You could easily pick Arduino up in a few days using something like the Arduino Cookbook and learn a lot about programming in the process.
As for the JAG, you would need to generate a PWM signal using something other than a microcontroller. Here is a starting point: http://electronics.stackexchange.com...icrocontroller. If this looks daunting, I'd suggest going back to the Arduino approach. |
Sorry I should have been more specific. I am a teacher I am trying to develop an activity for my POE class to use a solar tracker to move a set of Harbor Freight Solar panels to follow the sun. I teach digital electronics as well, and we use Arduino (great system) for that class. I have use an Arduino and PS3 controller to control robots before so that programming would be simple. However, I am trying to avoid programming because I do not have the time in the year to allocate teaching my students to program the system. If I have to I could program the microcontroller myself and have them follow some simple instructions to connect their system to the microcontroller but I want to avoid that if possible.