[AC_Hacker]

Originally Posted by okpiddler

I'd like to learn some of the electronic logging and controls anyways.

So you're interested in the Arduino stuff, are ya?

OK, there's a hardware part and a software part.

I can point you in the right direction, but you're going to have to do some homework on your own.

The lucky part is that the Arduino stuff is very popular, so you'll have so many places to get information that you won't know whether to shift or go blind.

• A good place to begin to learn what's going on.
• The front door of the mother ship (also has the software).
• Where to get the hardware.
• If you're the kind of guy who needs an introductory book.
• Or perhaps something a bit more advanced.

So, if you get into this stuff, you need to realize that you'll need to talk to some experts along the way, and they will probably be 13 years old and will know more about this stuff than you or I ever will, so keep your humble hat close by, you're gonna need it.

[* EDIT (11-11-11): Since this post, an inexpensive controller with a web interface has been found. Xringer has posted a thread where he gives a pretty good introduction to the controller including sources of interface devices that make it very useful. *]

Regards,

-AC_Hacker

P.S.: Once you get your sea legs, Strider3700 is doing a great data logging project over here.

P.P.S.: I could post the schematic and the source code to the delay control here, but you probably wouldn't know what to do with it quit yet.