Writing and Reading to a config file.

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Hi,

I'm working on a project that control the inside of a terrarium. I've got a Bluetooth Arduino that and a series of solid state relays that control light, fans etc.

I'm trying to tackle a a user friendly software interface that will allow a person to set a schedule for the relays. Right now I can reprogram everything from the IDE. But my goal is to have the arduino write a config file somewhere in memory that sets the timing for the triggers of the relays.

Any thoughts or pointers on how to best do this. I know that there are things like DOS on a chip etc.. Just looking for good examples from the community.

Thanks!
Mark

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My advice would be to use the eeprom to permanently store this information. Then when you want to change it you can do it from the console or run a program on the PC with a fancy front end to set these eprom values.

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Easy with an eeprom (see tutorial on the i2c eeprom) and the DB.h library provided for it.