Moving at a snail's pace....
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:41 pm
Hello. I'm new to this forum, but not to programming.
My first attempts were with my father's Olivetti desk computer in about 1968 or 9 - trying to get it to talk to a flame photometer, get readings then carry out statistical analysis on the data. All that I can remember was that it was vaguely assembler-like, with registers that you could and couldn't use for different processes. Later I cut my teeth on a BBC B micro and then, during the Chernobyl crisis used BBC Basic (which contains an in-line assembler) to download, process and store data from nuclear instrumentation onto my pride and joy, a massive 10 megabyte hard disk on a CPM Z80 machine. Later I dabbled with the Basic Stamp, Forth and then with Pascal from which I graduated to my first IDE - Topspeed Modula-2 still my favourite.
In this millenium I've not done much programming but after retiring I discovered that there was only so much plumbing, carpentry and gardening that I could cope with and looked for something more challenging.
I decided to try to integrate my Nikon DSLR with a home-made LED flash with some extras such as focus-stacking, water-drops, stroboscopic photos etc. Now, I've outgrown the Arduino Nano that so far can do all the parts that I want but simply doesn't have the memory to hold it all, plus the human interface etc so I started looking for something bigger and better and perhaps a touch faster.
I have to admit that I find C the most impenetrable language that I've ever used, or is that my age showing?
Ian
My first attempts were with my father's Olivetti desk computer in about 1968 or 9 - trying to get it to talk to a flame photometer, get readings then carry out statistical analysis on the data. All that I can remember was that it was vaguely assembler-like, with registers that you could and couldn't use for different processes. Later I cut my teeth on a BBC B micro and then, during the Chernobyl crisis used BBC Basic (which contains an in-line assembler) to download, process and store data from nuclear instrumentation onto my pride and joy, a massive 10 megabyte hard disk on a CPM Z80 machine. Later I dabbled with the Basic Stamp, Forth and then with Pascal from which I graduated to my first IDE - Topspeed Modula-2 still my favourite.
In this millenium I've not done much programming but after retiring I discovered that there was only so much plumbing, carpentry and gardening that I could cope with and looked for something more challenging.
I decided to try to integrate my Nikon DSLR with a home-made LED flash with some extras such as focus-stacking, water-drops, stroboscopic photos etc. Now, I've outgrown the Arduino Nano that so far can do all the parts that I want but simply doesn't have the memory to hold it all, plus the human interface etc so I started looking for something bigger and better and perhaps a touch faster.
I have to admit that I find C the most impenetrable language that I've ever used, or is that my age showing?
Ian