Any coders in the house?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:39 pm
So here's a thought...
I got some arduinos (the things are so cheap I grabbed a couple of spares; $2.80 each!) to make an electronic shifting system for one of my bikes, and I've been trying to wrap my head around C++... it's fairly heavy going, but not as bad as I thought it'd be... after a day or two's struggle I've managed to get the basic version of my code working. Lots of fun when it works...
Anyway, I suddenly realised this tiny little thing probably has enough IO and grunt to do a better job than the stock N12 ECU, given enough code... it's a 32-bit processor running at 16MHz.
$2.80 is a shitload cheaper than what you'll pay for an aftermarket ECU.
I got some arduinos (the things are so cheap I grabbed a couple of spares; $2.80 each!) to make an electronic shifting system for one of my bikes, and I've been trying to wrap my head around C++... it's fairly heavy going, but not as bad as I thought it'd be... after a day or two's struggle I've managed to get the basic version of my code working. Lots of fun when it works...
Anyway, I suddenly realised this tiny little thing probably has enough IO and grunt to do a better job than the stock N12 ECU, given enough code... it's a 32-bit processor running at 16MHz.
$2.80 is a shitload cheaper than what you'll pay for an aftermarket ECU.