Re: Arduino development possibility

On Apr 18, 2013 1:45 PM, "ΓΛΥΚΑΣ, ΣΩΤΗΡΙΟΣ" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your answers,
> Just for the record, my name is pronounced Sotiris.
> Thank you very much for your answers, especially for your kindness.
>
> Is there any place I should start? Although an engineer student, I'm
pretty new to this and some terms are foreign to me.

General engineering advice:
Start with problem definition.  Planning a project is the most important
part and the first step is to define what you're solving.  The success of
your project is measured by whether or not it comes close to addressing its
purpose and defining the right scope is crucial.  The worst outcome is
you've wasted your time--I have had projects that I wished I had given up
at the beginning.

Start by thinking big enough to identify what it takes to address the
problem.  Do a bit of top-down design to identify the toughest parts and
the most significant limitations.  Then, start scaling down.  Think of what
the minimum is that you'd call success (maybe it's just completing part of
your design and publishing it online--that's valuable).

Sometimes it's better to research and tackle the tough parts first and
sometimes better to just start building and make incremental progress.
It's really up to you and how you work best to do that.

Chuck

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