cavbilly
Chemical
- May 17, 2016
- 44
Recently, in the last few weeks, I have been spending some spare time working on a load cell sketch for an Arduino Mega board, with 20x4 character LCD display, and a data logging shield with real time clock.
Unfortunately, I was using a "cheapie" HP laptop that only has about 32 GB, something mysteriously taking up all the disc (McAfee AV doing this???? Microsoft apps copying themselves over and over?? I don't know for sure, and neither did my computer repair guy).
Numerous tries, could not get the LCD to work at all, even though my good buddy in England was providing link to the working NewLiquidCrystal Library, and also the test code to try out.
I finally told him I was abandoning ship with the HP, and went to my trusty desktop (also running Windows 10 after upgrade), and the sketch compiled on first try, with beautiful results appearing on the display.
I also tried this subsequently on an older Gateway laptop (upgraded also to Windows 10, lots memory available, runs a bit slower, but reliable), and it compiled on the first go!
What could possible be the issue with the HP (small) laptop? Piece of junk?
Unfortunately, I was using a "cheapie" HP laptop that only has about 32 GB, something mysteriously taking up all the disc (McAfee AV doing this???? Microsoft apps copying themselves over and over?? I don't know for sure, and neither did my computer repair guy).
Numerous tries, could not get the LCD to work at all, even though my good buddy in England was providing link to the working NewLiquidCrystal Library, and also the test code to try out.
I finally told him I was abandoning ship with the HP, and went to my trusty desktop (also running Windows 10 after upgrade), and the sketch compiled on first try, with beautiful results appearing on the display.
I also tried this subsequently on an older Gateway laptop (upgraded also to Windows 10, lots memory available, runs a bit slower, but reliable), and it compiled on the first go!
What could possible be the issue with the HP (small) laptop? Piece of junk?