Hello all, my name is Rodwin and I'm new to the arduino world. I'm seeking a mentor for a yearlong school project. I'm trying program my arduino to use multiple potentiometers and other sensors to control servos and motors. The main requirement to be my mentor is to be an expert in this field having multiple years of experience in c and c++. I will be very grateful to any one how will be willing to help me and I look forward to hearing back from someone soon.
You might want to talk a little about your programming skills (I'm guessing non-existent) and hardware skills, as well as what level of school and where you are located (at least, what country).
There are lots of people here willing to help, too.
Ok, I have a very basic understanding of c++ and java programing languages, and have a basic understanding of the hardware components of the arduino. I'm a high school senior with in the USA.
OK. We're making progress. We know a little about you, and can form an estimate of the time required to help you.
Are you looking for someone local that you can visit with? Or are you looking for someone that you can work online with?
If you want someone local, you need to be more specific in your location.
Reading potentiometers and turning on motors, or servos, will be very easy to do. Making spinning motors and waving servos do anything useful is more of a hardware engineering feat than a software engineering feat.
Will you need help on the hardware side? Are you limited by some budget restrictions, or can you throw a reasonable amount of money at the hardware side of things?
The more specific you can be, the more likely that someone will volunteer to help.
I'm willing, on the software side of the issue. PM me, if you want. I have a degree in mechanical engineering issued 31 years ago, that I've never once used. Software development skills was what the company that hired me needed at the time, and that need never changed.
Also, is "needing" a mentor a requirement of the school for this sort of project, or do you think you actually need one? Are there going to reporting/evaluation requirements from the school?
I normally think of things like the Arduino Forums as a sort of "distributed massively parallel mentor." The sort of thing that prevents the C expert from getting hung up on mechanical engineering problems (and vis versa.) You seem to want something more formal than that; how come?