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2024-07-25 3:24 pm
Hi, I'm Doug. I live in the Texas Hill Country and am 73 years old. I studied electronics when transistors were a thing and saw the first IC chip come to be. I am a hobbyist at best and have done SOME Arduino work on lighting circuits for model cars mostly. I'm slow at coding and continue to revert to references and instruction videos to get where I need to go so, in short, I'm slow and virtually unskilled. I'm here to learn. Thanks for having me.
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2024-07-26 7:38 pm
Hi Doug, welcome. It's nice to know I'm not the only old, slow, virtually unskilled coder on the block. Likewise, every project I try starts with the code I wrote (or stole) during a youTube lesson for any given sensor or component. Then I just bludgeon it into submission until it does what I want it to do. I always get there in the end, even if my code does look like it was written be a toddler. Hope you enjoy this forum as much as I do. There's a wealth of expertise here, and an abundance of people who are very keen to help people like us out.
Have Fun
Mike
2024-07-26 10:09 pm
@oldoutlaw Welcome to the forum youngster.
First computer 1959. Retired from my own computer company 2004.
Hardware - Expert in 1401, and 360, fairly knowledge in PC plus numerous MPU's and MCU's
Major Languages - Machine language, 360 Macro Assembler, Intel Assembler, PL/I and PL1, Pascal, Basic, C plus numerous job control and scripting languages.
My personal scorecard is now 1 PC hardware fix (circa 1982), 1 open source fix (at age 82), and 2 zero day bugs in a major OS.
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2024-07-29 7:35 pm
@zander Hey, thanks! Just got back on, been on vacation. From what right? I'm retired. Oh well, I've got a baby brother who is still doing computer program analysis for the state at 71 yrs. old. Seems to be allot of old guys out there still doing it.
2024-07-31 12:05 am
Hi Doug!
I recently joined as well. I am a programmer and hope to help others get past their coding challenges. I'll be on the lookout for your questions and if I can help, I will.
2024-08-08 3:43 pm
Recently joined the forum. i'm retired and like to tinker with the SBC's and microcontroller board. Have a lot of projects working in the house. Hope to do more with the Arduino.
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2024-08-10 8:41 am
Hello everyone my name is Sandhya I am newly joined forum to improve my skills in Arduino, as I am fresher I am exploring new thing I thought it would help me better thank you.
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