Translating Arduiono Libraries

Created Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:25:10 +0000 by HooctAwnFonix

HooctAwnFonix

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:25:10 +0000

So I have a project where I need 8 thermocouples and an LCD using a grand total of 14 pins, so I started looking for Arduino alternatives so I could not have to pay 60 bucks for the MEGA. chipKIT seems like a great Arduino alternative (talk about more bang for your buck!) but I'm worried about what's going to happen when I try to take the library for the thermocouple adapters written on Arduino (Ryan McLaughlin's adapters - can't link them since I'm new) and have them work on the Uno32. Will I have to make a lot of changes or will that type of library be fairly straightforward?

I'm relatively new to Arduinos to start with so I'm a little hesitant to stray off the beaten path like this... especially since the main reason I can do most applications is simply because libraries exist already. Is adapting the library for a newbie going to be quite a setback? Then again, starting now will probably save me a lot of money in the long run!

les1943

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:23:56 +0000

Character LCD work well on I2C could save some IO pins....

Jacob Christ

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:12:36 +0000

Is adapting the library for a newbie going to be quite a setback? Then again, starting now will probably save me a lot of money in the long run!

I wrote a brief guide on how to adapt a lib for chipKIT that you can find here:

http://www.chipkit.cc/wiki/index.php?title=Guide_to_making_contributed_libs_cross_platform

Jacob