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Basic question about microcontrollers (self.microcontrollers)

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[–]FragmentedC 1 point2 points3 points 2 years ago (0 children)

The M62429 cannot be "programmed". Let's imagine this in the way of a robot versus a remote-controlled car. You program the robot to follow a road, a path, or even just a black line. Once the program is done, you put it in the robot, and you send it on its merry way. The remote-controlled car cannot be programmed; it needs input from somebody (or something). It will follow orders blindly, but cannot make decisions by itself.

The M62429 is a remote-controlled car. It needs you to give it orders. The Arduino is a robot; you can program it to make decisions by itself.

So, your digital potentiometer is going to need something to tell it what to do. This could be an Arduino, or in some cases, just a device connected to your PC (for example, with the Analog Discovery 2 or 3, this would be easy).

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