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Nac Mac Feegle

(978 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:21 PM Jun 2015

Starting to play with Arduinos. Recommendation needed for C language learning.

I'm a hardware guy. Long time electronic communication tech. Now I have some things that'd be fairly useful if a microcontroller was attached.

I've only had an overview course on C a long time ago, and now I need to learn how to make the Arduino do what I want.

I need guidance on where to start to get into the language. Book recommendations, whatever.

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Starting to play with Arduinos. Recommendation needed for C language learning. (Original Post) Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2015 OP

The hard way is the best way Recursion Jun 2015 #1

I believe this course at Udemy TM99 Jun 2015 #2

Um, it now says $149. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #4

Re-edited this reply TM99 Jun 2015 #5

Signed up, but it still says $149. Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2015 #6

Check your inbox. TM99 Jun 2015 #8

Sometimes learning by example goes a long way ChromeFoundry Jun 2015 #3

The Company security won't allow a European connection Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2015 #7

Try viewing their pages in Google's cache: Make7 Jun 2015 #9

Recursion

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1. The hard way is the best way

Reply to Nac Mac Feegle (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2015, 10:32 PM

Jun 2015

http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/

That said, have you considered looking at Forth as the language you use rather than C? It requires a little assembly to get a Forth system bootstrapped, but it's a very powerful and satisfying language to work with:

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~hauser/teaching/Arch-F07/handouts/jonesforth.s.txt

TM99

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2. I believe this course at Udemy

Reply to Nac Mac Feegle (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 05:33 AM

Jun 2015

is still on sale for $10.00.

https://www.udemy.com/c-programming-for-beginners/#/

It is a solid course to get you up and running.

eppur_se_muova

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4. Um, it now says $149. nt

Reply to TM99 (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 05:09 PM

Jun 2015

TM99

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5. Re-edited this reply

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 07:06 PM

Jun 2015

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as I just got an email reminder from Udemy that this sale is still going on for 6 more days. But you have to have a Udemy account which is free to setup before you can access it.

So do that and then click on the original link I gave you and you will be able to get this course for the $10.00 special.

Nac Mac Feegle

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6. Signed up, but it still says $149.

Reply to TM99 (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 7, 2015, 11:42 PM

Jun 2015

Can't afford that.

I need something as cheap as possible. Lots of bread, but only so much peanut butter, if you catch my drift. And the peanut butter jars are getting smaller, since the company got sold down the river.

Thanks, though.