@ragnardanneskjold Have you taken note of the latest update to your original topic ?
will do that @UKHeliBob, thanks. BTW, that topic was posted regarding a Grove temperature sensor. The current comments are regarding the MKR ENV Shield and trying to get it to readout on another dashboard and thing. Will Check the latest.
Thanks @noobmastha. That is the question, LOL. What is missing when I try to append that code to the IoT Code? That is another topic altogether from my original post on the Grove Temperature Sensor.
Appending is a bad idea. Integrating would most likely work - depending on your code.
Yes... integrating would describe what I've done. Maybe wrong word used.
Have you seen M5STACK.COM? They developed some very nice product lines, just add batteries (included!). Products are five times the price of Arduino and peripherals, but worth the cost if you want NOOB (New Out Of Box) experience. Read about them first.
If you enjoy learning, and simplicity of use, Arduino is just right for the price. Before Arduino I spent time with the Parallax STAMP2, a simple PIC with a strange BASIC language, but my STAMP died. You do get a 300 page work book, which was cool... but at five times the price of Arduino Uno.
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Couldn't agree more. Being in the IT Industry since 35 years, and here on Arduino just for personal/education related projects, I can understand the lack of product/feature testing, which is a constant in this industry like it or not. What drives me crazy are the "wrong example documentation", such as tutorials very often incomplete or missing the five line of code that would make the difference. Come on, the time spent is the same! What is the point at being so cheap? And completely agree on the other point too, Adafruit documentation is a completely different kettle of fish!
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I read this thread with interest. - I understand the development work for Arduino is mostly done by volunteers, but there must be some 'controlling body' that issues the upgrades and takes the profit from the boards sold.. and I would think there must be some expertise in those ranks capable of ensuring upgrades and examples work properly across at least the most popular of all the boards in the list...
I was wondering what the folk in this thread would think of my post below...
Mod edit, link to split topic:
Am I completely off the mark here??
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So you think a Lilygo is a popular board? I have never heard of it.
I would agree with all the people on that link that they are simply free loaders or parasites sucking on the acheavements of the Arduino team.
Yep.
These are identified by having "Arduino team" after their names.
This is the Arduino company itself. This money is used to run this website and also to fund projects in the community and education.
Most of the suggested changes are put on a GitHub page somewhere. You raise an issue for an addition.
For example Documents see
Or Help for R4
You will often see payed members of the "Arduino team here". Also they also post on the forum. See nearly any question about a problem with IDE 2.x section at
Will have a reply from @ptillisch
I split your replies from the topic you were replying to as clearly, while your discussion is interesting and useful, it is not really helping the OP of that topic.
I think @J-M-L 's reply LilyGo GitHub site requires overwriting some libs in the Arduino folder - #2 by J-M-L pretty much sums up the situation, I agree with what he says, and I note there are other replies supporting this view.
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So what you need to do short of a quick dozen compsci credits?
Can you build the task-doers first and the network after, when you know more?
We get the occasional chicken coop automation and one time a grain dryer minder and various tank fill/empty things, all task-doers that don't need radio.
Even at the greenhouse level with I2C and motors, keep a running log on SD that gets closed (updates the DOS file table) and opened regularly, when it slows or crashes the log is great help during development and insurance later on.
Depending on the MKR IoT Carrier version/revison you have, you need to test different versions of the MKRIoTCarrier library to find one that works fine with your board. Test with the examples that come with the carrier version.
You should consider the PLC devices from Automation Direct https://www.automationdirect.com the productivety opn system or devices from Iono Iono - Sfera Labs. They married industrial reliability with Arduino programming.
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