Hi all, im Lee and I study Electronic Engineering at University in the UK.
Im currently entering my 3rd year and my Project is to design a Digital Dash, 10 channel datalogger and GPS for a formula student race car (See Attachment)
My experience in this field goes back to Z80 Dats at college, and last year another Digital Dash using a Basic Stamp 2 (See Attachment) This was a doddle to programme, but is too easy for a 3rd year project and I was running it flat out.
Ive been researching for the last week and I am none the wiser what microcontroller I should use and what language I should do it in.
I also looking into some control systems on the car using fuzzy logic, and I dont know how hard this would be to programme in assembler.
Ive done C/C++ before, but I wouldnt say its my strengths. People say the Atmel chips are good for this and I was going to go for an STK500 Development board, but they appear like gold dust in the UK. Ive looked at PICS but there doesnt seem to be any tutorials on either proccessors how to start with C.
I do like the 'BASIC' language, can this be used with PIC's?
This project will run for about 8 months, and I feel its quite daunting but achievable for myself if I work hard at understanding the micro controllers in the summer.
Any help or advice would be much apprechiated.
regards, Lee S