C++

[setishock]

I've got my eye on this: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1076
I understand that it's language is C++. Having found the Arduino board I can use for multi rotor flight computer developing, I need to learn the lingo it's programmed in.

Any advice for a good path to learning this language? I can code websites but no major language like C++.

 

[carnageX]

This is the book I learned C++ from:
Amazon.com: Starting Out with C++ from Control Structures to Objects (8th Edition) (9780133769395): Tony Gaddis: Books

An older edition (like 6th or 7th) would be cheaper and work just as well, also.

 

[kingibi123]

sorry I am new to C++ and all this, What can you actually do with the board? I understand what the language is but I don't understand the uses of the board - sorry for my stupidity

 

[carnageX]

It's a programmable FPGA...so really a lot of different things. It's the part the works as the "brain" for an electronics project if it requires logic and such. Controlling motors / lights / etc. Really depends on what you hook up to it.

 

[kingibi123]

Can you give an example or anything? is it like a raspberry pi or something?

 

[carnageX]

Yes and no.

An RPi is a full "PC" in the sense that it runs an OS and such. An FPGA doesn't run an OS, it just runs it's "burned in" program that you give it.

Here's a ton of examples of things that an be made from something like an Arduino or other microcontroller/FPGA:
Arduino Playground - Ideas

 

[kingibi123]

Thank you so much my friend!

What do you think is the best things you could do with this thingy?

what does it mean by arduino - hacking? i need help

 

[carnageX]

Thank you so much my friend!

What do you think is the best things you could do with this thingy?

what does it mean by arduino - hacking? i need help

If you're interested, I suggest creating your own thread so that you don't hijack another user's thread .

 

[kingibi123]

oh ok sorry

 

[setishock]

That particular version of the Arduino is the mule in a line of pony's. It's a beast in comparison to the rest. It's fast and has a lot of room for programs.
I've already laid out the hardware design but to make it all come together and work, I need to be able to speak to it in a way it understands. The programming software is C++. I've never use that before is why I asked.

With an Arduino, you're just limited by your imagination and your programming skills.