Tool/software: Starterware
I need to pick a development board for my project (different from Arduino as my professor stated).
My project will consist of a solar panel,a development board,an fish tank resistor,an inverter and some typical AC consumers.
I want to measure photovoltaic panel parameters (voltage,current,luminosity) on a large period (a couple of months) and to process that data in order to determine quality markers like performance,would -be costs saved...etc.
After that i want to connect that solar panel to some AC consumers via an inverter and directly to a fish tank resistor.So a typical scenario would be ...i have no AC consumers ,or i have electric surplus-> i start heating the water in the tank.
I know to program only the Arduino (and with the standard libraries).I want to start learning embedded programming on a new board and i don't know what to choose.For this project i will have to develop an interface in C# .NET probably .I will connect the GUI via serial port with the development board.
I was thinking of something like http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr5994#1 but i don't know how big the community is and if there are tutorials etc..
Thank you in advance.
