Doppler chronograph sounds interesting. Did you use it to start/stop a timer? Did you create a thread for it? I might start one to document my ELS, but would like to see how others document builds first. I believe my design is somewhat unique and might be interesting to Some folks since I was able to handle instantaneous spindle speed changes with the hardware based state machine.
I can definitely relate to how these fun projects can snowball! What got me going a few years ago was an autopilot for my boat while trolling. My wife and I would head to the lake once a week for an overnight fishing trip during Covid. She would pilot the boat whenever I got a fish on. That became problematic when she decided to sleep in when I’d start fishing at 5am.
It was a year in development, primarily because testing required a trip to the lake. I started out thinking it would have an integrated UI, but half way through the development I decided to create a phone interface for it. From there I added a watch interface so I could make course corrections while reeling in a fish without putting the rod down. I got an Apple developer license and took 3-4 months to get proficient with phone and watch development including Bluetooth and WiFi. After trying a few off the shelf compass modules, I decided to build my own tilt compensated compass with a combine magnetometer, accelerometer and gyro chip. So I can definitely relate to how these projects go.
I can definitely relate to how these fun projects can snowball! What got me going a few years ago was an autopilot for my boat while trolling. My wife and I would head to the lake once a week for an overnight fishing trip during Covid. She would pilot the boat whenever I got a fish on. That became problematic when she decided to sleep in when I’d start fishing at 5am.
It was a year in development, primarily because testing required a trip to the lake. I started out thinking it would have an integrated UI, but half way through the development I decided to create a phone interface for it. From there I added a watch interface so I could make course corrections while reeling in a fish without putting the rod down. I got an Apple developer license and took 3-4 months to get proficient with phone and watch development including Bluetooth and WiFi. After trying a few off the shelf compass modules, I decided to build my own tilt compensated compass with a combine magnetometer, accelerometer and gyro chip. So I can definitely relate to how these projects go.