morguux/pedalmanager

Software configurable Arduino-powered pedal manager for sim racing

Hey 👋, I'm Morgan Gardner

A little bit about me

I’m an aspiring software developer studying BSc (Hons) Software Engineering at Swansea University in the U.K. I have strong interests in engineering, automotive and motorsport industries, embedded systems and software development. I enjoy tinkering with microcontrollers like Arduinos and creating firmware, 3D modelling (using Autodesk Fusion 360) and 3D printing, learning about vehicle systems and diagnostics (CAN networks, ECU systems etc.) and more. I've mainly used C# WPF to create projects, but I've used C++, Java and Kotlin.

• ⚙️ I’m currently working as a Graduate Manufacturing Software Engineer at Renishaw Engineering.

• ⌨️ I’m currently learning Java.

• 👍 I'm currently contributing to open-source projects.

• 🕹️ I'm currently working on a C# library (OpenFFBSharp) for the OpenFFBoard.

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pedalmanager's Issues

EEPROM Lifespan Enhancements

To save the life of the EEPROM on an Arduino (100,000 write cycles rated), the code must only update the EEPROM values that have changed. This requires checking the currently stored value, the EEPROM value, and only over-writing the value if they differ.

Another idea is to automatically switch the position of the stored EEPROM data (advancing the index of the struct position) once the particular EEPROM cells have gone past their lifetime. This can be achieved either by storing the number of writes to the cells (which would require 3 bytes), or checking when a new value is written to the EEPROM, whether or not the actual value has changed by re-reading the value.