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There is always something to be said about learning embedded electronics. But let that be a project within in itself if thats interesting to you.
This is always something you have to weigh the benefits of - cause you could go and build the projector yourself from a light source and lenses http://images.google.com/images?… - but where do you draw the line? When your designing your own transistors and crafting your own lenses in a lathe to learn about lens theory?. I would suggest, especially since your not going to be revolutionizing the world of embedded electronics (not that you couldn't) too stay focused on the goal - don’t reinvent the wheel. If you can do something better with an Audrino - go for it - but if your just redoing it for redoing's sake...I would suggest you reconsider.In addition to address the statement about the overlap between disciplines - people dont remake things that other people have spent their time on. Many researches simply use wii-motes when working in Human Computer Interactions and virtual reality. When studying cell theory and computer networks people just use PS3's - I attended a talk at Georgia Tech talking about utilizing the PS3 to study multiprocessor development .... they didn’t remake a cell processing machine from scratch......it would add years and millions to the project, before they even got started on what they were researching...to gain what?
You would be killing this project in the spirit of learning Micro-controllers when that IMHO like I said above. is a project within itself.
I face these questions all the time when programming things, and its always easier to modify something that does 80% of what u want, than to build something from scratch - if you have a final objective in mind.
But do as you see fit, here are some links I used when learning embedded.www.sparkfun.com - is a great source to learn / commute about embedded design on the hobby level and they have a GREAT tutorial to get you started with micro-controller design.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce…
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce…
Here is a site talking about what you’ll need to get started with aurdino http://www.ladyada.net/library/e…
Here is a list of final projects in a EE course, so you can see the amount of knowledge it takes just to do simple things - http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu…
Basis on aurdino pdf - http://www.tinker.it/en/uploads/…
Another project where someone remade a mp3 player - http://www.mictronics.de/?page=m…
Fourms and Communities
http://www.embedded.com/forums/ - basic embedded development forum
http://www.avrtutor.com/tutorial… - another community about AVR microcontrollers**** If you do decide to go down the microcontroller route – good luck, it will be fun – but read this article to help you decide which brand/manufacturer you may want to work with. http://www.instructables.com/id/…
- Learning about embedded systems doesn't = building everything from scratch.lukus_W
- In order to study the overlap - you need a working knowledge of each discipline.lukus_W
- Embedded computing isn't about reinventing the wheel - it's about building the best wheel for the job using proven methods.lukus_W
- methods.lukus_W
- yea?
reread what i said around end of first paragraph
Machuse - None of us of us know anything about the guy's project, you're just projecting yr own ideas onto his.lukus_W