As you may know, I had the idea to make my own graphing calculator (DCG-10 or Dreamcalc). That didn't work out so well, mainly because I didn't have any idea how to start. Since then, I've been tutored quite a bit in electronics, and I now have enough knowledge to attempt making my own calculator.
This calculator won't be a graphing calculator, but a normal calculator, but with a very interesting function: a square-wave generator. It will have a port on it, that you can plug a wire into, and generate a square-wave. It will also be able to convert between bases, and edit internal memory addresses. The whole thing will be powered by a PIC18F46K20 and feature a 3 line by 16 character LCD screen. I don't actually have any hardware set up yet, but I have flowcharts, circuit diagrams, and concept front panel design. Note that this isn't just a one-man project, I have my electronics tutor helping me with this too
I'm calling this the Silvercrop Brave 10. I'll be using Anova for the website soon
Planned features:
* 4 Function calculator, with parenthesis, exponents, and square roots
* Ability to convert between 4 different bases: binary, hex, decimal, and octal
* Adjustable square wave/clock signal generator
* Ability to edit the RAM of the PIC
* (Tentative) Expansion slot for more features
This
will happen, because I have a second person to bug me about this
