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Total Noob - Please be gentle with a Pi Question
Okay, I'm new to this, really new.
I'm doing a bit of Arduino and about to start teaching myself Raspberry Pi for the stuff I need to do that's a bit more complicated. I've got a Pi 4 starter kit and a box full of play toys. It's like I'm 12 all over again. Pretty much everything I'm planning will be domestic control and monitoring stuff - multiple load energy monitoring, HVAC control, remote control actuators, fancy lighting, that sort of thing. That just sets the scene for where to pitch your much anticipated and appreciated replies.
So .......... I've built a multi load energy diverter to handle 10kWp of solar power (Arduino) but now need to add some sophisticated recording and real time display, hence,Pi. For the real time display I happened across the 4D modules and more importantly the Workshop 4 software and it blew my mind. No need to learn yet another coding language, just paint it all on screen. Touchscreen capability too, I'm in heaven. I can see me using a lot of these, all the way from little ones up to 7".
However, in the software when I go to "CHOOSE YOUR PRODUCT" I can't find anything in the list, big or small where the software works with a Pi-connectable display. That's with or without the GEN4-4DPI-ADAPTOR. There's loads of DIABLO16, PIXXI44, PICASO and other stuff that I don't yet understand but nothing Pi.
Does anyone have a list of which of the 4D display boards I can interface and built display projects for? Any Pi-specific adapters needed?
Also, any advice on what I should try first or what to avoid because it's just going to fry my noob brain cells.?
Many thanks, Chunky.
I'm doing a bit of Arduino and about to start teaching myself Raspberry Pi for the stuff I need to do that's a bit more complicated. I've got a Pi 4 starter kit and a box full of play toys. It's like I'm 12 all over again. Pretty much everything I'm planning will be domestic control and monitoring stuff - multiple load energy monitoring, HVAC control, remote control actuators, fancy lighting, that sort of thing. That just sets the scene for where to pitch your much anticipated and appreciated replies.
So .......... I've built a multi load energy diverter to handle 10kWp of solar power (Arduino) but now need to add some sophisticated recording and real time display, hence,Pi. For the real time display I happened across the 4D modules and more importantly the Workshop 4 software and it blew my mind. No need to learn yet another coding language, just paint it all on screen. Touchscreen capability too, I'm in heaven. I can see me using a lot of these, all the way from little ones up to 7".
However, in the software when I go to "CHOOSE YOUR PRODUCT" I can't find anything in the list, big or small where the software works with a Pi-connectable display. That's with or without the GEN4-4DPI-ADAPTOR. There's loads of DIABLO16, PIXXI44, PICASO and other stuff that I don't yet understand but nothing Pi.
Does anyone have a list of which of the 4D display boards I can interface and built display projects for? Any Pi-specific adapters needed?
Also, any advice on what I should try first or what to avoid because it's just going to fry my noob brain cells.?
Many thanks, Chunky.
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