jpfx
Newbie level 2
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hello all,
I have a small PC project that I think might be achievable with PIC programming. I haven't done any PIC programming before but if I could get any advice on where to research; that, in itself would be helpful. Having a project in mind is always a good reason to start learning something new.
I need to take a picture using something like a webcam every time a switch is set. I've looked at VB for taking the picture within windows and that seems feasible. I just need to figure out how the external event is passed to the program. The event could occur twice a second, for 1000s of occurences per session.
The switch I have in mind is using light. The event would be triggered x milliseconds after a light source is blocked.
Is PIC even necessary? I assume it is to interface a light circuit with a running program.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
hello all,
I have a small PC project that I think might be achievable with PIC programming. I haven't done any PIC programming before but if I could get any advice on where to research; that, in itself would be helpful. Having a project in mind is always a good reason to start learning something new.
I need to take a picture using something like a webcam every time a switch is set. I've looked at VB for taking the picture within windows and that seems feasible. I just need to figure out how the external event is passed to the program. The event could occur twice a second, for 1000s of occurences per session.
The switch I have in mind is using light. The event would be triggered x milliseconds after a light source is blocked.
Is PIC even necessary? I assume it is to interface a light circuit with a running program.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.