I did a quick forum search and seem to have confused myself.
I have been given an unused Nano 328 and want to be able to read the values from a Temp/humitity/ barometer module and display them on a 16 x 2 LCD display I want the unit to end up self contained and able to run off a USB power bank for portable use.
Sensor used will be the BME 280 module , the display is a HD44780 unit that was also gifted to me, and the power bank supplies up to 2A on a 5V usb output ( currently used as a back up for my Android tablet)
I am happy with the electronics construction side of things and have managed to work out the pinouts for the display and sensor, just getting confused on the Nano side of things.
Start small, try some of the example programs that come with the Arduino IDE (blink without delay, etc.), learn to read the module, learn to use the LCD, and put them all together.
In that order. Google is a great help in finding tutorials.
jremington:
It doesn't really matter what Arduino you have.
Start small, try some of the example programs that come with the Arduino IDE (blink without delay, etc.), learn to read the module, learn to use the LCD, and put them all together.
In that order. Google is a great help in finding tutorials.
Thanks, the wiring side is now worked out from internet downloads, I have downloaded the IDE and am now looking for free downloadable tutorials to the programming side of things. Prefer PDF docs as I can still read them whilst using my laptop to do the programming
Laptop options are windows 8.1 or an old XP machine that is not connected to the web.
Have breadboards, oscilloscope, Frequency Generator, 2 Digital Multimeters and 0-30V 0-5A variable PSU
I wasn't kidding about the Blink Without Delay example. It seems simple but it is not, unless you are already familiar with the C/C++ programming language. It introduces you to real time programming, which means that you avoid using the Arduino delay() function while waiting for something to happen.