Hi Andy,
Your code look straight forward. What display do you use?
I tested a bit with the backlight LCD's but where poor readable in direct sunlight.
A Nokia lcd could be an option, but I would prefere something bigger.
From your code I expect you use a LED display, is that readable under all outdoor circumstances?
Do you have experience with Oled outdoor in bright sunlight?
E-Paper could be an option, but wondering if update speed is an issue for a clock displaying seconds.
Kr
Sjoerd
Hello Andy,
Thanks for sharing.
Probably the reason why I still did not complete my project because I want to much ~)
I am manly using vor ORC/IRC handicap racing, so not only the time between signals is important, also the absolute time for handicap calculation
Further I use a Gas Canon which has a delay of 1.7 - 2.5 seconds.
My wish list in order of importance:
- GPS synced signal (< 1 sec Accuracy) on full minute, compensation for canon.
- 5 min repeating sequence
- Mute function (clock keeps counting down but no signal, eg for delay or General recall)
- Log of signals on webpage (including time), option to download / save
- (Next) Flags up | down on a webpage
- Solenoid to release a elastic powered flag (I only see a option for up only, down need to be a fixed line)
Where could OpenPlotter kick in:
ORC triple number requires to decide the handicap used based on average wind during the race.
To get that I want to record the average windspeed between starting signal and finish (could be a minute average)
So want to connect an anemometer to the (advanced) timer.
When we have a windset connected, It could be useful to have the average wind direction of last 30 min's to see a trend and to help you setting the course and pin-end.
During finish I want to log the exact time of each finish signal, preferable matching a sailnumber manual to it using a app or webpage.
So as you can see I have maybe to many wishes to complete in one go.
Should we build all this on a Rpi or an ESP8266/ESP32?
KR
Sjoerd
Your code look straight forward. What display do you use?
I tested a bit with the backlight LCD's but where poor readable in direct sunlight.
A Nokia lcd could be an option, but I would prefere something bigger.
From your code I expect you use a LED display, is that readable under all outdoor circumstances?
Do you have experience with Oled outdoor in bright sunlight?
E-Paper could be an option, but wondering if update speed is an issue for a clock displaying seconds.
Kr
Sjoerd
Hello Andy,
Thanks for sharing.
Probably the reason why I still did not complete my project because I want to much ~)
I am manly using vor ORC/IRC handicap racing, so not only the time between signals is important, also the absolute time for handicap calculation
Further I use a Gas Canon which has a delay of 1.7 - 2.5 seconds.
My wish list in order of importance:
- GPS synced signal (< 1 sec Accuracy) on full minute, compensation for canon.
- 5 min repeating sequence
- Mute function (clock keeps counting down but no signal, eg for delay or General recall)
- Log of signals on webpage (including time), option to download / save
- (Next) Flags up | down on a webpage
- Solenoid to release a elastic powered flag (I only see a option for up only, down need to be a fixed line)
Where could OpenPlotter kick in:
ORC triple number requires to decide the handicap used based on average wind during the race.
To get that I want to record the average windspeed between starting signal and finish (could be a minute average)
So want to connect an anemometer to the (advanced) timer.
When we have a windset connected, It could be useful to have the average wind direction of last 30 min's to see a trend and to help you setting the course and pin-end.
During finish I want to log the exact time of each finish signal, preferable matching a sailnumber manual to it using a app or webpage.
So as you can see I have maybe to many wishes to complete in one go.
Should we build all this on a Rpi or an ESP8266/ESP32?
KR
Sjoerd