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Newb when it comes to these subjects but really want to learn the hardware side of things - Help with old repository for EDTracker (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello guys! While I am a relatively experienced programmer, I have practically zero experience on the hardware/electronics side of things. I really want and need (I'd like to work in embedded systems) to get this stuff in my "tool belt" of skills, but I am really worried that I will do something wrong or order the wrong parts because it is quite an old project I will be trying to build.

I would like to make this project (EDTracker github) so that i can play all my sim games that benefit from head tracking again. I had one which was pre-built but the connector broke. I would prefer a version with the magnetometer (9150 or 9250). The problem is that due to my inexperience I have no idea where to search for cheap(ish) components, or even if the components listed in the docs are still available or if there are better ones that do the same thing.

I realise this is not much (almost nothing) to go on, but I would really appreciate any help at all that can push me in the right direction. Also, please be understanding of my possibly ignorant questions. When you have no knowledge in a field it is often hard to know what the right questions are :)

Many thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If your looking for hardware components, adafruit.com has many prebuilt modules that are (mostly) usable without soldering. There's also sites like thepihut.com that sell similar things but from other manufactures too. There's also mouser but that's just for the individual components which you would have to construct a circuit for yourself.

If you have no or very little experience then you'll likely find it more difficult than you expect, make sure you know what your doing and try to find exact instructions for everything. Basically don't try to design or modify things yourself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Im in the EU so will probably have to look on the second site you linked, as adafruit.com looks like its only for the US.

As for the advice, yea I was thinking the same thing. I dont want to overcomplicate things and have to deal with coming up for my own designs at this stage. The project I'm interested in building has circuit diagrams and arduino code included, I'm just not sure if it's all still relevant seeing as its quite old.