10-25-2015, 11:35 PM
The USB plugs are standard A type, the same as the power bar you have.
So I've been doing some more heavy duty thinking about everything and have what I believe to be a better plan. Its better for the future and makes the controller better overall even if I do no more than I've already mentioned.
So basically I want to add another Arduino into the mix, yeah that right 3 Arduinos total. Might seem a little crazy but hear me out.
I think I can squeeze everything I want on the one Mega 2560 I have going for the power bar but with everything the controller will be doing is quite a work load for an arduino. Because I need to make a board for the power heads this is my chance to make things better and the overall cost doesn't go up so how can I not.
So what I'm thinking is the 3rd Arduino will basically be for the internet functions and power head ramps. Doing this the internet portion will run faster and never interrupt the main controller. When I was testing the internet months ago I was seeing that at some points it did hang the arduino until it finished doing what it was trying to do. It also leaves the option of adding more internet features down the road. So the board for the expansion hub would have sockets to plug in the Arduino and Ethernet shield. Thinking about using a Due for the internet Arduino, I hear it handles it much better then the Mega 2560.
So I've been doing some more heavy duty thinking about everything and have what I believe to be a better plan. Its better for the future and makes the controller better overall even if I do no more than I've already mentioned.
So basically I want to add another Arduino into the mix, yeah that right 3 Arduinos total. Might seem a little crazy but hear me out.
I think I can squeeze everything I want on the one Mega 2560 I have going for the power bar but with everything the controller will be doing is quite a work load for an arduino. Because I need to make a board for the power heads this is my chance to make things better and the overall cost doesn't go up so how can I not.
So what I'm thinking is the 3rd Arduino will basically be for the internet functions and power head ramps. Doing this the internet portion will run faster and never interrupt the main controller. When I was testing the internet months ago I was seeing that at some points it did hang the arduino until it finished doing what it was trying to do. It also leaves the option of adding more internet features down the road. So the board for the expansion hub would have sockets to plug in the Arduino and Ethernet shield. Thinking about using a Due for the internet Arduino, I hear it handles it much better then the Mega 2560.
