Hi Folks,
I have an idea that I want to run by you and see if I am on the right track in my research.
My idea is to have a electronic device that displays two numbers per day plus the time of day. In other words two displays, one for each number and a third display that displays the current time. The displays size would be about the size of a small digital clock face. The numbers that display each day would be loaded into some sort of memory. Two numbers for each date. So for each day the two numbers would be displayed until the next day begins when two new numbers would be displayed. All the data could be burned into memory if that was necessary. There would be two numbers per day and would hold data for each day for 100 years.
So I have a feeling from my reading that I could use a PIC micro controller of some type. The input I guess would be triggered by the clock. Then the numbers retrieved from memory would be output and displayed. I believe there are controllers that take numbers and turn them into signals the displays can understand? These are assumptions that I would like have answers for.
Am I right in assuming that a PIC can do this? Should I start to learn a particular programming language?
Many Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.
Wes Keyes
York, Maine
I have an idea that I want to run by you and see if I am on the right track in my research.
My idea is to have a electronic device that displays two numbers per day plus the time of day. In other words two displays, one for each number and a third display that displays the current time. The displays size would be about the size of a small digital clock face. The numbers that display each day would be loaded into some sort of memory. Two numbers for each date. So for each day the two numbers would be displayed until the next day begins when two new numbers would be displayed. All the data could be burned into memory if that was necessary. There would be two numbers per day and would hold data for each day for 100 years.
So I have a feeling from my reading that I could use a PIC micro controller of some type. The input I guess would be triggered by the clock. Then the numbers retrieved from memory would be output and displayed. I believe there are controllers that take numbers and turn them into signals the displays can understand? These are assumptions that I would like have answers for.
Am I right in assuming that a PIC can do this? Should I start to learn a particular programming language?
Many Thanks for any input. I appreciate it.
Wes Keyes
York, Maine